Gus Engeling WMA in August

Another old draft here, this one from August 2023 and a trip to Gus Engeling WMA. It was one of our trips up towards Dallas when we were picking up or dropping Forest of with grandparents before school started. I can feel the heat from this post just reading through and looking at the photos. We didn’t get a really good trip into GEWMA this last summer due to the spring floods, which damaged access to the sandhill section on the north end of the WMA. We didn’t know it was closed when we were going to drop by and visit and so we ended up exploring the southern section one visit instead.

Pigeonwings, Clitoria mariana

Spotted horse mint, Monarda punctata

White four o’clock, Mirabilis albida

Pineland milkweed, Asclepias obovata

Velvet-leaf milkweed, Asclepias tomentosa

Common wood-nymph, Ceryonis pegala – I always like finding these when I come across them.

I’ve got to make some trips to this WMA when it is cooler and not 100* and wading through sandy trails because this place is just way cool and begging to be explored further into the tract.