Doerun Pitcher Plant Preserve:
This is a cute little
preserve. It has a few loop trails signed with
red flagging, and these take you through a wiregrass-longleaf pine habitat
that is home for endangered gopher tortoise and other interesting organisms.
The signage at the entrance is excellent, and includes
aerial photos, descriptions
of their active burn program, plant lists, and so on.
Three carnivorous plants were listed as residing in Doerun:
Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia minor, and
Sarracenia psittacina. In the photograph above
you can see one of the first clumps
of plants we encountered. I know it sounds cruel, and perhaps not very
appreciative, but when we first saw these 30 cm (12 inch) tall plants we
had a laugh! We were so used to the mighty
Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis that these more
normal Sarracenia minor var. minor plants looked
runty!
You will notice that the flowers of these plants are at the same height as
the pitcher-tops, unlike what we typically observed for
Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis.
I had developed a greater eye for Sarracenia minor variation
over the previous week, and was intrigued to see these were the
red-lipped morph. For another picture of Doerun Sarracenia minor
poking through the grasses,
look here.
