Webb4. George W. Folkerts Bog Trail Bay Minette. The Nature Conservancy’s Ruth McClellan Abronski Splinter Hill Bog Preserve (or just Splinter Hill Bog) is described as the most visually impressive pitcher plant bog in the world, and when you are standing among literally thousands of the carnivorous plants, that’s a claim that’s hard to argue. WebbThe South Alabama Land Trust-owned 11-acre McAleer property is located on County Road 17 adjacent to the Weeks Bay Reserve Pitcher Plant Bog. The undeveloped shoreline on this property provides natural scenery, erosion control, and storm resiliency for properties around it, as well as habitat for roosting egrets and herons.
[PDF] Classification of Green Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia oreophila ...
WebbAlabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant. Sarracenia rubra subsp. alabamensis. Status: Critically Imperiled The Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant is a critically imperiled and very rare plant species that is only found growing in Autauga and Chilton counties in Alabama. These plants grow in wet sandy clay soils of bogs, or areas where water accumulates and are … Webb26 feb. 2024 · Pitcherplants are perennial plants with groups of leaves modified into traps or pitchers. Early botanists described Sarracenia species incorrectly. M. Catesby (1754, 70) stated that the pitchers "always retain some water, and seem to serve as an asylum or secure retreat for numerous insects from frogs and other animals, which feed on them." richard brough
Life History Aspects of Exyra semicrocea (Pitcher Plant Moth ...
WebbPitcher plants are the most noticeable plants in our bog, their tall brightly colored leaves open towards the sky, inviting passing bugs to come inside. Our other carnivores are somewhat less conspicuous, they include sundews, butterworts, bladderworts and the Venus fly traps all of which trap and digest insects and small animals to compensate for … Webb1 sep. 2014 · The Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Blog features pitcher plants as well as close to a hundred other species of plants. ... The Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog is located on Fish River Road, ... AL 36535 United States. 251-228-0872 WebbAbstract Pitcher plant bogs of the Little River Canyon National Preserve in northern Alabama contain the federally endangered green pitcher plant (Sarracenia oreophila (Kearney) Wherry). Multivariate analysis of the bog vegetation and environmental variables revealed three communities with unique species compositions and soil characteristics. richard broudy