By: Ancriso White
The picture depicts a squirrel enjoying a pinecone in a tree. Squirrels usually find cover, including trees, to enjoy a meal.
The picture shows an overgrown, thrown-away flower holder where wildflowers have started to grow. If there is enough moisture and soil, wildflowers can grow almost anywhere.
The picture shows a branch that has fallen off a tree during a storm. Trees usually will continue to grow even after losing a limb or multiple.
It is hard to tell but there is a small nest of wasp underneath the bush. Wasps usually find cover anywhere they can build a nest and stay out of the elements.
A dying oak tree is home to some mice. Mice usually find cover where there are few predators with not such easy access. When I first came across this, I was shocked because I have never seen anything like it.
Here we have wild moss growing on oak trees. Moss can grow on many different surfaces and in different areas, but you'll usually see it on old oak trees and pecan trees.
In this picture there is a black moth on the ground (hard to see). Moths usually find surfaces that they can blend into easily.
Here we have a Magnolia tree growing into an oak tree. The two trees share a parasitic relationship with one another. The Magnolia tree is stealing nutrients from the oak tree.
This picture shows a largemouth bass after it returned to the water from launching out to catch a dragonfly. Bass feed a number of different insects and small animals; from beetles to mice.
This shows a turtle floating toward the top of the water. Turtles tend to do this because they breathe air and not water.
This picture depicts wild grass growing into a pond. Poorly kept ponds tend to have an overgrowth of this type of grass.
This picture shows poison Ivy growing at the roots of an old oak tree. Poison Ivy can grow in any place that has sunlight and receives a little amount of water.
Like the previous picture this poison ivy has taken over this tree and is growing up it. poison ivy thrives in places that don't get as much sunlight, like a bare grassy field.
Here we have a picture of wild sedge. It usually grows around ponds, streams, and sometimes further up on riverbanks.
This picture shows an ancient tree, beginning to see life again, whilst some new vines grow upon it. If a tree has been dead long enough vines will begin to take over and still the remaining nutrients that were left.
Here we have ants bedding around a pine tree. Ants find cover around dirt and soil that is strong enough to support their dunes.
In the top right there is an abandoned beaver dam. beavers dam up water ways to catch fish and other forms of life for food.
This is a milk thistle growing all alone. These can be used for medications, supplements, and other herbs.
This is an Osmanthus Fragrans in the wild. They have small buds that bloom and fuel the ecosystem from bees and birds to small animals.
The picture depicts a thriving ecosystem with many different organisms. Small ponds like this are crucial for life of small organisms all the way down to the amoebas that swim in the water.
