Post by tobilynne on Sept 12, 2011 16:27:48 GMT
Checked out Brown's Lake Bog, a few miles outside of Shreve, Ohio yesterday. I didn't see any of the drosera that was supposed to be there (bummer), but there were TONS of sarracenia and walking through the preserve itself is like stepping back into a prehistoric era. It's not very large - I think the boardwalk/trails are a mile or so at best, so it's a fairly quick trip. If anyone is in the area, it's worth checking it. Fair warning - it's a longer drive than you'd think by checking out a map ... the roads are incredibly curvy, lots of "L" and "S" type turns you have to slow way down for, so give yourself about 1.5x what you'd assume.
Here are some photos from the preserve:
www.flickr.com/photos/8003162@N02/sets/72157627530137503/
From OhioDNR website:
"Brown's Lake Bog is one of a handful of sites in Ohio which contain an open kettle- hole lake surrounded by a floating sphagnum moss mat. The bog and surrounding forest were purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 1966. The preserve was declared a National Natural Landmark in 1968.
The preserve lies in the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau region of northeastern Ohio. The bog and lake are glacial relicts, and the knolls in the northeast corner and southern part of the property are glacially formed hills called kames.
The naturally acidic properties of sphagnum and its ability to insulate the water from rapid air temperature changes provides the special conditions needed to maintain the boreal plant community including round-leaved sundew, large cranberry, grass-pink orchid and marsh five-finger. The lowland woods south and northeast of the main bog support shallow ephemeral pools during much of the year."
Here are some photos from the preserve:
www.flickr.com/photos/8003162@N02/sets/72157627530137503/
From OhioDNR website:
"Brown's Lake Bog is one of a handful of sites in Ohio which contain an open kettle- hole lake surrounded by a floating sphagnum moss mat. The bog and surrounding forest were purchased by The Nature Conservancy in 1966. The preserve was declared a National Natural Landmark in 1968.
The preserve lies in the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau region of northeastern Ohio. The bog and lake are glacial relicts, and the knolls in the northeast corner and southern part of the property are glacially formed hills called kames.
The naturally acidic properties of sphagnum and its ability to insulate the water from rapid air temperature changes provides the special conditions needed to maintain the boreal plant community including round-leaved sundew, large cranberry, grass-pink orchid and marsh five-finger. The lowland woods south and northeast of the main bog support shallow ephemeral pools during much of the year."
