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This location represents just a small fraction of larger populations of this magnificent species in nature. A very easy location to visit and see it all within 5 minutes. Handicapped accessible and very easy to walk.
Pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) in a wetland at the headwaters of Doe Run, a mountain stream in Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County.
Conservation plants cultivated from natural populations in Alabama. A highly variable and attractive species under optimal growing conditions.
The Australian Pitcher Plant was first observed by European science in 1801 and to this day remains one of many enigmatic plants of Australia. Cephalotus has no direct relation to any of the other four known genera of pitcher plants of the world. Cephalotus follicularis is one of 100+ species of carnivorous or insectivorous plants which inhabit southwestern Australia - home of the greatest concentration of carnivorous plants in the world. It is likely that there are nearly as many species of Drosera (sundews) in soutwestern Australia as there are all species of carnivorous plants worldwide.
Plants in this series are from one of five sites visited for Cephalotus on a trip with Redfern Natural History Expeditions in October 2018. On the trip, we photographed nearly 100 species of carnivorous plants and many additional orchids during 2 weeks of travel in a relatively small area of southwest Australia.
Interesting red variants of the normally green/bronze Sarracenia minor at the southwestern edge of its range in Florida (though there is a population known one county south that is farther to the SW). Note the newly emerged leaves (green) compared to the more mature late summer growth leaves (red).
These six plants are among the most spectacular of the pitcher plants that I observed on this trip. there is tremendous variability in phenotype among the hybrids and probable backcrosses.
Each photo depicts a different plant or clone of which there were many more at this locality.
Nepenthes truncata is an awesome carnivorous pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines. In cultivation it has the desirable qualities of producing very large pitchers on relatively compact plants. Played around with a flash to fill in the shadows.
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The Australian Pitcher Plant was first observed by European science in 1801 and to this day remains one of many enigmatic plants of Australia. Cephalotus has no direct relation to any of the other four known genera of pitcher plants of the world. Cephalotus follicularis is one of 100+ species of carnivorous or insectivorous plants which inhabit southwestern Australia - home of the greatest concentration of carnivorous plants in the world. It is likely that there are nearly as many species of Drosera (sundews) in soutwestern Australia as there are all species of carnivorous plants worldwide.
Plants in this series are from one of five sites visited for Cephalotus on a trip with Redfern Natural History Expeditions in October 2018. On the trip, we photographed nearly 100 species of carnivorous plants and many additional orchids during 2 weeks of travel in a relatively small area of southwest Australia.
Flower stalks of pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea) in a wetland at the headwaters of Doe Run, a mountain stream in Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County.
This site, one of the more northern sites for Cephalotus, is characterized by an almost complete sand substrate in contrast to the peat bogs observed farther south.
A newly emerged late summer pitcher. Somewhat unusual for this hybrid as it typically follows the growth habits of Sarracenia flava, becoming dormant by late summer and producing few to no pitchers after late July.
Pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea), Lycoming County, within the Devils Elbow Natural Area of Loyalsock State Forest.
The natural area, accessible via the blue-blazed Sand Spring Trail, comprises 400-plus acres of heavily forested land at the summit of Sullivan Mountain. The acreage includes several sphagnum bogs that form the headwaters of the North Branch Rock Run. Pitcher plants grow abundantly in the bogs.
Many thanks to Jim Fowler for taking time to help me fulfill the dream to see these wonderful places.
These plants represent a huge success story for habitat conservation in the state of Florida. At one time the Tate's Hell Swamp was heading for ecological disaster very similar to what "the grid" of the Green Swamp in North Carolina is facing today.
Unsustainable industrial forestry practices were attempting to drain the swamp and grow trees that could not otherwise survive in the swamp habitat. In the past decade, the state of Florida has purchased the majority of this land and started restoration practices by removing the garbage trees and restring historic hydrology.
I have visited this particular site first back in 2001 at which time there were some truly spectacular hybrids and large populations of S leucophylla. Over the next decade, prior to restoration practices, the diverity at this site was nearly lost due to altered hydrology and the replanting of slash pine.
The site is now restored as a grassland prairie and these images represent the slow recovery of what will likely become a spectacular site in time.
Very rare variant in the FL panhandle. This variant is most commonly encountered on the Atlantic coast of the Carolinas.
Arguably, this phenotype expression is likely the result of S flava rugellii x S flava ornata cross-pollination and is not a stable reproducing variant as seen in the Carolina populations.
The larger variant of Sarracenia psittacina is commonly observed in flooded habitats in the few areas where it occurs naturally. These primary localities are Okefenokee Swamp, west central Georgia along the fall line sandhills, and the Florida panhandle - most notably on Eglin Air Force Base.
In almost all natural occurences with habitat unaltered by man, the plants are found floating or associated with deep water in which the plants are not attached to any terra firma. It is unknown if the larger size is an adaptation to this habitat or if this large size has been selected by the habitat. Rarely is the much smaller S psittacina var. psittacina ever observed co-occurring with this larger variant in aquatic habitats.
This rare to uncommon natural hybrid is from the region of the type locality in North Carolina. Sarracenia xswaniana has been documented historically from one additional site in Georgia but disappeared from the location within the last 20 years before a voucher specimen could be deposited.
Sarracenia minor is at the extreme northern extent of its range in this region. Because there are very few known co-occurrences of S minor and S purpurea remaining in all native populations of the southeastern US, observing this hybrid in the wild is quite rare.
Fortunately these few remaining plants are located on private well-managed land under routine surveillance and their survival is relatively assured.
The carnivorous plants depicted in these photos represent a newly discovered site for these species in Georgia. the Sarracenia psittacina of these bogs are among the largest I have ever seen. It is apparent that S psittacina in highly aquatice habitats allow for giant plant development as seen in Okeefenokee swamp and on Eglin AFB.
This variant has now been published as Sarracenia psittacina var. okeefenokeensis based on morphometric characters that appear to be genetically derived. Based on my field observationsof these plants in three distinct habitats throughout the southeast, i agree with this assessment. see McPherson & Schnell, Sarraceniaceae of North America, Redfern 2012.
Pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea), Lycoming County, within the Devils Elbow Natural Area of Loyalsock State Forest.
The natural area, accessible via the blue-blazed Sand Spring Trail, comprises 400-plus acres of heavily forested land at the summit of Sullivan Mountain. The acreage includes several sphagnum bogs that form the headwaters of the North Branch Rock Run. Pitcher plants grow abundantly in the bogs.
The small butterwort is a locally abundant yet uncommonly observed plant in habitats where it occurs. this species prefers very well drained moist sandy soils in the southeastern United States.
Though reported as an annual species, larger multi-crowned plants such as one in this series are indicative of multiple years of growth. This plant is somewhat sensitive to deep freezes and excessive moisture, so the appearance of an "annual" growth habit is commonly observed in the field.
Pinguicula pumila favors ground disturbance. Long periods of grass and shrub growth may reduce populations substantially over time. For this reason, roadsides and ditches with adequate hydrology are a common location to find the plants.
Pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea), along with potential insect prey, in a wetland at the headwaters of Doe Run, a mountain stream in Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County.
This is one of the rarest of the South American pitcher plants. Currently classified as a variant of H. minor, on casual observation appears to comprise less than 5% of populations of H minor in habitat.
The carnivorous plants depicted in these photos represent a newly discovered site for these species in Georgia. the Sarracenia psittacina of these bogs are among the largest I have ever seen. It is apparent that S psittacina in highly aquatice habitats allow for giant plant development as seen in Okefenokee swamp and on Eglin AFB.
This variant has now been published as Sarracenia psittacina var. okeefenokeensis based on morphometric characters that appear to be genetically derived. Based on my field observationsof these plants in three distinct habitats throughout the southeast, i agree with this assessment. see McPherson & Schnell, Sarraceniaceae of North America, Redfern 2012.