6th and 7th photos: Euphorbia spathulata at left, E. texana at right.
This observation is for the plant, not the bee or crab spider!
Bee observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28838188
Another bee observation on the same plant:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28838187
I am on a quest to add "Nectar plant" observation fields to all pollinator observations I come across!
Came out to see if there were any interesting plant species near the airport train tracks. Some native pineland grasses and sedges were the main highlights, although there wasn't really anything unexpected. I will try to come back to this area again to spend a little more time surveying.
Weedy, invasive vine with smelly leaves.
Roadside utility row, wooded edge, regularly “watered” by drainage culvert from uphill. Last photo shows cleft lateral leaves - there were only a few and they were on sterile plants.. Large colony- 200+ plants.
Along ephemeral drainage channel in a sandy, dry-mesic savanna. Minute beaks.