Friday, June 28, 2009

Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
Clifton Forge, Virginia

Cranberry Glades

After breaking camp, we travelled to the Cranberry Glades -- a number of bogs featuring flora more similar to Canada than the mid-Atlantic states.

It may look like we're standing in the middle of the bog, but we're really on a boardwalk.

The open glades are rimmed by a ring of shrubs and forest.

The area is called the "Cranberry Glades Botanical Area" because of the unusual plant community.

This is one of three orchids found in the glades.

Sundews are one of two insectivorous plants found here. Sundews trap insects on their sticky leaves.

The other insectivorous plant is the pitcher plant. Here the flowers stand tall above the ground-level pitchers.

The pitchers are modified leaves that trap water and attract insects.

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Updated 6/28/09