Post by aarongunnar on Jan 18, 2012 15:26:09 GMT -5
Being in WI, there are an abundance of sites that have S. purpurea in them. Unfortunately for me, I live in a part of the state that was never hit by the glaciers "the driftless area", so there are no bog habitats in my vicinity. I'm about 1.5 hours away from the nearest site. But I do like to get out and explore when I have the time, which is never enough. This particular site I've visited twice, August of '09 and October of '11. It's kind of out in the middle of nowhere and not marked, no trails and it's not entirely visible from the road, due to a narrow band of forest surrounding it. But it is easily accessible. There's supposed to be a large population of bog orchids there, so I'm hoping to return this summer when they are in bloom. Anyway, here are some pics from the place:
First, a couple of landscape shots from Oct. '11:
Here's one of my son next to some pitcher plants, Aug '09. I will say, the purps are so thick in some areas, you have to watch each step if you don't want to step on them:
Here's a stitched image of the bogmat, although it probably doesn't look good as a small image. Also, it was late in the day when I took this, so I was in the shade, so the pic quality wasn't the greatest. I did make a photosynth of this image, which you can see here: photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=a047443c-cebe-4c50-9274-d662248fe128
Lastly, some closeups of the purps:
Lastly, here's a couple of links about the site, if you are at all interested:
dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/index.asp?SNA=476
www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/eastern/Namekagon/index.shtml
First, a couple of landscape shots from Oct. '11:
Here's one of my son next to some pitcher plants, Aug '09. I will say, the purps are so thick in some areas, you have to watch each step if you don't want to step on them:
Here's a stitched image of the bogmat, although it probably doesn't look good as a small image. Also, it was late in the day when I took this, so I was in the shade, so the pic quality wasn't the greatest. I did make a photosynth of this image, which you can see here: photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=a047443c-cebe-4c50-9274-d662248fe128
Lastly, some closeups of the purps:
Lastly, here's a couple of links about the site, if you are at all interested:
dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/sna/index.asp?SNA=476
www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/regions/eastern/Namekagon/index.shtml