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Carnivorous Bog Plant - "Sarracenia sp."

Posted by Alexander K. Stewart,
North Country explorer from
May 9, 2013 —

Carnivorous pitcher plant ("Sarracenia sp.") growing amidst "Sphagnum" moss in an ombrotrophic (rain-water fed), positive-relief, palustrine wetland system (i.e., a bog) in the northern Adirondacks.