In the islands:
After a quick 60 km drive, I was at a trailhead leading into the ever-fragmenting Green Swamp. This big chunk is owned by The
Nature Conservancy, which has kindly established a trail through several km of accessible areas.
I had detailed aerial maps with me, as well as a compass and a GPS, so I felt pretty secure about my navigation.
These tools all proved their value, as the trail was very wispy in points.
The Green Swamp is surely not a place I would want to get lost.
Leaving the car, I quickly relocated a population of Sarracenia rubra subsp.
rubra I had seen in the past, and of which I am quite fond. It was nice to see them again--they are like old friends.
You can see them in my earlier trip comments on The Green Swamp, from
a trip in 2003.
Walking deeper
into The Swamp I found these nice Pinguicula lutea plants in flower.
Here is
a bonus photograph of the Pinguicula.. Alas,
the rosettes were deep in the wiregrass, and would not have photographed well.
