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Sarracenia don’t natively grow where I live, and I’ve never seen any carnivorous plants in the wild before, so while I was on the east coast for work I made sure to try and find some in a nearby national forest yesterday!

I parked next to a promising area (near a reported Sarracenia minor sighting on iNaturalist), walked around for 20 minutes with no luck, and headed back to my car - I was about to give up and get in when I spotted this Sarracenia minor right by where I parked, just across the roadside seepage area!

I got my shoes absolutely SOAKED and had a big spider decide she wanted to climb my arm while I was trying to take pictures, but it was worth it!

Lovely!

It is so exciting whenever you see them in the wild. I've seenots of different ones, but I still get the same thrill every time. I caught a view of a pond full of utricularia flowers as we were cruising down the interstate and almost had to stop and check it out.

Panman wrote:It is so exciting whenever you see them in the wild. I've seenots of different ones, but I still get the same thrill every time. I caught a view of a pond full of utricularia flowers as we were cruising down the interstate and almost had to stop and check it out.

Utricularia macrorhiza, gibba, subulata, and minor are the native carnivores in my state! I’m hoping to get some friends to do a little field trip to find some. I hope we get as lucky as you and manage to spot blooms from the road!

Love iNat! Not sure where I’m the Midwest you live but there are some nice bogs in SW MI if you ever end up near there

I’ve never seen a wild carnivorous plant, but we sometimes drive by the places where they’re supposed to be.

Yeah you definitely want some special footwear for looking at wetland plants like these. I just explored a Sphagnum island covered in Darlingtonia and Drosera rotundifolia on Sunday and water shoes were an absolute must for that. In Sarracenia habitats I think people tend to prefer rubber boots or something like that to protect against bug bites.

nimbulan wrote:In Sarracenia habitats I think people tend to prefer rubber boots or something like that to protect against bug bites.

and water moccasins, and copperheads, and timber rattlers, and ...

Panman wrote:

nimbulan wrote:In Sarracenia habitats I think people tend to prefer rubber boots or something like that to protect against bug bites.

and water moccasins, and copperheads, and timber rattlers, and ...

And all the spiders that think you’re a big tree they can climb up. I think I had my arachnophobia forced out of me with how many spiders came to say hi

Panman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:49 pm

nimbulan wrote:In Sarracenia habitats I think people tend to prefer rubber boots or something like that to protect against bug bites.

and water moccasins, and copperheads, and timber rattlers, and ...

leeches, and ticks, and chiggers.

Along the southeast and Gulf coasts, you learn real quick to keep back from larger, deeper bodies of water, lest you attract the attention of the resident gators.