cyndie42's Identifications

weedy spot beneath trees on a low ledge next to the Dry Frio River in northern Uvalde County, southwestern Texas, on the southern border of the Edwards Plateau; elevation ~1750m (~5750 ft)

This beautiful plant was very large, about 7ft, and they covered the park. You can see the buds are not flowers but are little 1 inch spike balls that are very pretty.

on bare, hard-baked dirt washed down from a pond levee at Cook's Slough Sanctuary 1km south of Uvalde