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Post by Matt BS on May 11, 2007 23:16:19 GMT
I visited Hunter Creek Bog, about 10 miles east of Gold Beach, Oregon. The site is unique since there are serpentine soil influences and it's only about 8 air miles from the coast. Other serpentine sites for Darlintonia are much further inland in the Siskiyous. Here are some pictures from my May 9, 2007 visit Things are just getting started up there - only a few buds. All of the pictures are of last year's pitchers - they look like they wintered through rather well. access to the site was a manzanita nightmare      |
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Post by Matt BS on May 15, 2007 4:54:59 GMT
PS - if I hadn't read about floating "false lake bottoms" in the hazards section in Barry's new Book I may have sunk to my death! Thanks Barry!
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Post by quogue on May 15, 2007 15:54:16 GMT
Sounds treacherous! But worth it to see these beaut's in the wild..
You gonna head there again when they're into the growing season? Would love to see more pics.
Thanks, great thread!
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Post by Matt BS on May 16, 2007 4:58:01 GMT
I'll be going back in June - hopefully I'll have a chance to revisit the bog. Seemed like the entire plant community was just coming out of dormancy, so a month should give them all a chance to get going.
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Post by Clint on Jul 9, 2007 23:52:07 GMT
It's grass and floating debris that looks like solid ground, but when you step on it you fall into water.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2007 22:57:46 GMT
PS - if I hadn't read about floating "false lake bottoms" in the hazards section in Barry's new Book I may have sunk to my death! Thanks Barry! you should write sort off a guide or direction to the locations as so that people can also go there without having to try and find there way there if it really was that hard to find its way there. |
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 19, 2007 2:34:22 GMT
you should write sort off a guide or direction to the locations as so that people can also go there without having to try and find there way there if it really was that hard to find its way there. Giving out directions to CP sites is strongly discouraged, particularly on a public web page. There are many people with absolutely no conservation ethic that would happily go to the site, rip out the plants, and sell them on eBay. However, a simple Google search will show detailed directions to the Oregon Darlingtonia Wayside (a State Parks facility) just north of Florence, Oregon and a Darlingtonia Botanical Area (U.S. Forest Service) just east of Gasquet , California. Both of these areas are designed for public access. |
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