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Post by doug on Mar 8, 2008 14:49:50 GMT -5
Here is a picture of a typical Bog in Newfoundland. I found lots of Drosera Rotundifolia and D. Intermedia all around the area, but D.Anglica was only near the water in the middle. Lots of Pitcher plants also, and many Ochids This is in Gros Morne
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Post by reptileguy5 on Mar 8, 2008 19:09:43 GMT -5
great shot!
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Post by lloyd on Mar 8, 2008 20:32:21 GMT -5
It would be good to see some green about now. Nice scenery.
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Post by muscipula on May 22, 2008 17:54:13 GMT -5
Doug, I'm from newfoundland!!and were can i see these wild sundews in newfoundland....maybe somewhere near conception bay south lol or st.johns..? any specific locations...anyone?
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Post by tom on May 22, 2008 18:25:44 GMT -5
Basically, NF is almost entirely covered by bogs, so seeing wild sundews/finding a bog shouldn't be much of a problem. Without having been there, i can tell you a few tricks to spot them: D. rotundifolia is pratically everywhere... if you see some S. purpurea (easily seen by the flower stalk, old or not, look down, you're probably already stepping on them. Most sundews hate shades, so don't bother searching in shrubs, look for the Sphagnum mats, especially the flats ones. If you can locate some pools, that's a hot spots to se some CP. Be very careful, the sphagnum carpet is very thin and getting through it can lead to death... (disclaimers: i dont takes any responsabilities on adventurous cpers looking for CP in bogs). You'll surely find some D. intermedia, if present, around pools or on floating sphagnum mats. That's where you'll also find D. anglica. If you can see some black mats around pools (made of a liverwort: Cladopodiella fluitans), you'll surely see tiny thread like leaves growing in it: it's U. cornuta which thrive in this carpet. This black carpet also host some sundews normally, since it's a low growing (non competitive) plants for CP. Always be on the lookout, bogs aren't a very friendly place and accident (drowning/getting stuck by falling through sphagnum mat or false-bottom pools, getting hurt, sprained ankles, etc) are common there, with potential disastrous consequences. Most of these area are large and unhabited (go figure! ) and if you plan to go there, advise ppl you know where you plan to go and bring someone with you... Good luck. I would wait by the end of june before trying to visit such a place, to give time to plants to fully go out of dormancy
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Post by muscipula on May 22, 2008 19:26:55 GMT -5
Might you have a list of all carnivourous plants in newfoundland.?
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Post by doug on May 22, 2008 20:00:19 GMT -5
muscipula asked Might you have a list of all carnivourous plants in newfoundland.No I don't have a list for newfoundland. I have been there only 2 times would love to go again! Tom might have a list. Where do you live? We cannot send you a private Email because your Email is hidden.
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Post by tom on May 22, 2008 20:05:57 GMT -5
About the list: hard to tell, but if you can find a local flora book at your local library, answers lie there. Otherswise, Barry's FAQ or Schnell's Book might have some partial answer by what i saw when i googled 'Newfoundland carnivorous plants' or Newfoundland Drosera, utricularia, etc
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Post by muscipula on May 22, 2008 20:41:48 GMT -5
Alrighty. I love that picture so much, makes me want to go to whitburn and go to the bogs that i go to to trout/investigating plantlife with my family.. its wounderful to see a lovely display of picther plants in bloom amongst the catching of a trout. Bliss. -Wayne-
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