Post by peatmoss on Jul 27, 2016 16:18:58 GMT -5
I just got back up from what I'll call "up north" (I'm sure some of you will recognize where I was, but I'd rather keep specifics confidential for the sake of the plants). I was up there for a variety of reasons, one of which was to clear Pinguicula vulgaris and Drosera linearis of my list of CP's I have yet to see. I already posted some of these images in the Canadian CP section, but I figure I can establish a bit more of a narrative here and shed some more light on how this stuff was growing. This will definitely be a multi-part saga, as I have yet to get through the 400 plus images of in situ CP's that I captured on the trip.
I'll generally classify things as sites A, B, C, and D. Site A, which I'll discuss in this post is on the shore of a great lake, and is marginal to, or occurring on, an alvar.
The wet seeps from the forest edge onto the alvar was where I first observed Pinguicula vulgaris - which was growing everywhere.
Pinguicula vulgaris - Common Butterwort by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
And when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere:
Pinguicula vulgaris - Common Butterwort by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
The pings seemed to appreciate the rockier areas with shallower wetter soil, whereas the Sarracenia and Drosera were growing in deeper soil:
Mixed plants by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
That said, it seemed like both D. linearis and S. purpurea were willing to grow in rocky areas as well:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Sarracenia purpurea - Purple Pitcher Plant by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
D. linearis was an interesting plant to see in-situ, it doesn't seem particular to any kind of area, other than sunny, alkaline, and wet:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
(I'll admit that as a self professed sundew nerd, these mats of D. linearis nearly brought me to tears)
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
The flowers were also out in the mornings:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
I was also surprised to see vast quantities of U. cornuta flowers sprouting from the sand. I had only seen this species previously growing in wet soil in Algonquin park, but I wasn't expecting it to be sprouting from the wet sand on the lakeside:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Utricularia cornuta - Horned Bladderwort by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Here's U. cornuta, S. purpurea, and D. linearis, growing in one massive conglomeration of CP goodness:
Mixed plants by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
And as a bonus, here's another pleasant surprise from the alvar - Ontario's only (remaining) rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, they're absolutely beautiful little critters!
Sistrurus catenatus - Massasauga Rattlesnake by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
As usual, the full sized images are available if you click on the link to my flickr. I'll be back with more once I wade through all the images, thanks for looking at what I have so far!
I'll generally classify things as sites A, B, C, and D. Site A, which I'll discuss in this post is on the shore of a great lake, and is marginal to, or occurring on, an alvar.
The wet seeps from the forest edge onto the alvar was where I first observed Pinguicula vulgaris - which was growing everywhere.
Pinguicula vulgaris - Common Butterwort by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
And when I say everywhere, I mean everywhere:
Pinguicula vulgaris - Common Butterwort by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
The pings seemed to appreciate the rockier areas with shallower wetter soil, whereas the Sarracenia and Drosera were growing in deeper soil:
Mixed plants by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
That said, it seemed like both D. linearis and S. purpurea were willing to grow in rocky areas as well:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Sarracenia purpurea - Purple Pitcher Plant by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
D. linearis was an interesting plant to see in-situ, it doesn't seem particular to any kind of area, other than sunny, alkaline, and wet:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
(I'll admit that as a self professed sundew nerd, these mats of D. linearis nearly brought me to tears)
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
The flowers were also out in the mornings:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
I was also surprised to see vast quantities of U. cornuta flowers sprouting from the sand. I had only seen this species previously growing in wet soil in Algonquin park, but I wasn't expecting it to be sprouting from the wet sand on the lakeside:
Drosera linearis - Linear Leaved Sundew by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Utricularia cornuta - Horned Bladderwort by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
Here's U. cornuta, S. purpurea, and D. linearis, growing in one massive conglomeration of CP goodness:
Mixed plants by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
And as a bonus, here's another pleasant surprise from the alvar - Ontario's only (remaining) rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, they're absolutely beautiful little critters!
Sistrurus catenatus - Massasauga Rattlesnake by Gabriel Levac, on Flickr
As usual, the full sized images are available if you click on the link to my flickr. I'll be back with more once I wade through all the images, thanks for looking at what I have so far!