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Katydid (Tettigoniidae) nymph on pitcher plant (Sarracenia alata)
TEXAS: Tyler Co.
Watson Rare Plant Preserve @ Co. Rd. 4777
30.58293582, -94.37928800 18-May-2013
J.C. Abbott #2652 & K.K. Abbott
This was the environment of the target species the Sarracenia Spiketail. The main survey area was a very steep hill covered with these Pitcher Plants. It was a very fragile habitat about half the size of a football field and all of it was a giant muddy seep.
The Pale Pitcher Plant occurs in two, disjunct populations on either side of the Mississippi River. The eastern populations consist of plants in southern Alabama, southern Mississippi, and in southeastern Louisiana. The western populations are found in western Louisiana and eastern Texas.
My car's check engine light came on and I knew I had to get back to town, but I still had to stop and get a Sarracenia fix.
The picture plant is another of the carnivorous plant species that live in the Big Thicket National Preserve in southeast Texas. These were photographed on the Pitcher Plant Trail. They produce a fluid in their vase that attract bugs, who fall in and drown. They are then digested by the fluids. The plants flower in the spring.
Just a few shots of the Sarracenia flava var. flava or Yellow Pitcher Plants blooming in my front yard bog garden. They are pretty, but the aroma coming from them is like very strong cat urine. Really!
After freezing rain most of my outdoor carnivorous plants are still thawing out. Pictured here; Red Pitchers (Sarracenia rubra), Yellow Pitchers (Sarracenia flava), Pale Pitchers (Sarracenia alata), and Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia).
Plants in bog at Gus Engeling WMA, Anderson County, July 2021
Sunny day. A few of the most abundant species: Sarracenia alata, Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare, E. texense, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, Osmunda spectabilis, Acer rubrum, Alnus serrulata around edge, Viburnum nudum, Drosera capillaris, Rhynchospora spp, Morella cerifera.
I stopped by a Newton County pitcher plant bog on my way home today and suddenly noticed that most of the flowers there have this distinctive spotted red pigmentation on the underside of the sepals. I'm going to have to check a few other populations to see if this is a common feature in the region.
This is one of my favorite hillside seepage bogs in Texas. It's super remote and quite extensive (though patchy, so hard to photograph). It maintains pitchers well in late season, droughty conditions despite not being particularly wet. Also, the elevation is relatively flat for northern Jasper county, so you don't kill yourself trying to trek a few miles.
(Granted, I nearly killed myself trying to trek back, but you would think I would learn by now to stick to the path)