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Post by John Brittnacher on Sept 23, 2012 3:42:24 GMT
It was taken along highway 199 near Gasquet, CA.
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Post by ticklemeelmo on Sept 23, 2012 3:55:31 GMT
There's some D. capensis there...
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Post by John Brittnacher on Sept 24, 2012 0:53:53 GMT
Yes. The photo shows "some" Drosera capensis. There were many more.
I can understand someone wanting to enhance an easily accessed Darlingtonia site. In fact that part of the site was "enhanced" by CalTrans when 199 was widened. Never mind the bulk of the fen was destroyed. But planting Drosera capensis in a site with a very nice population of Drosera rotundifolia?
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Post by paulbarden on Sept 24, 2012 13:31:41 GMT
All I can say is that I hope you pulled them out! They are Sundew-Kudzu.
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Post by John Brittnacher on Sept 25, 2012 0:22:12 GMT
Yes, those plants are now in a local landfill. I cropped the photo so it wouldn't be obvious there were little holes around the plants where others were removed before.
The person who took me there said he would go back with a shovel when we found even more. Unfortunately it is going to look like poachers were at the site.
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Post by RL7836 on Sept 27, 2012 14:20:48 GMT
In addition to the local damage, the inexcusable actions by a few damage the reputations of the CP community as a whole.
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Post by BarryRice on Jul 29, 2013 16:30:46 GMT
Hmph. This is a new comment on a very old thread, and is a matter of preaching to the converted, but these kinds of plantings encourage the notion that Drosera anglica is wider spread in California than it truly is!
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Post by kiwiearl on Oct 27, 2013 19:11:56 GMT
Get rid of D.capensis where you find it. As many will know, it is a notifiable pest here in NZ in regions where it happily grows. Crowds out native D.pygmaea and can quickly become a carpet of unwanted red across suitable habitat. The biggest issue consequential to transplanted or wilding D.capensis is, of course, flowering and seed dispersal. Hopefully most of the plants in the location above have been removed prior to that occurring or it will become a weed indeed. And then again, missing a bit of the root stock when removing amounts to asexual propagation.....
A lot of people remain fascinated by seeing any CP in the field and like to leave things alone believing everything is part of the Gods' Garden. Good news that people like John are knowledgeable and do the removal job on this pesky species.
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Post by tanukimo on Oct 27, 2013 21:33:00 GMT
People shouldn't be planting carnivorous plants where other carnivorous plants already are. At the very least, they should try planting them where there haven't been any before. Otherwise, it's just CP versus CP.
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Post by kiwiearl on Oct 28, 2013 2:35:14 GMT
Hypothetically, a CP enthusiast who may cultivate something such as D.capensis could unwittingly carry fine seed attached to their clothing, on their shoes etc thus delivering them from home to a visited wild habitat. Invasive water weeds are spread in this manner. Any-which-way, once the species is up and growing it will likely be a real pain in the butt to get rid of as it will spread itself.
John, did you conduct follow-up visits to the site in question to see if the presence of the invader continues?
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Post by sykosarah on Nov 13, 2013 20:45:48 GMT
Weeds be weeds, no matter how pretty or exciting they appear to be.
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Post by John Brittnacher on Nov 18, 2013 1:44:07 GMT
John, did you conduct follow-up visits to the site in question to see if the presence of the invader continues? The site is a 2 hour drive from my house. A friend who lives just down the road from the site has been working on the eradication. I don't know the status.
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Post by meizwang on Jul 29, 2014 23:06:44 GMT
I'll check it out next time a trip is made up there, we found some dinky Cannabis plants there about a decade and a half ago (growing uphill in the thicker shade). This site also had a few Sarracenia hybrids last I saw it, but not sure if those have been pulled out. While I love the neat variants of D. capensis, there isn't a single plant in the collection these days for this very reason.
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Post by kiwiearl on Aug 2, 2014 4:07:04 GMT
While I love the neat variants of D. capensis, there isn't a single plant in the collection these days for this very reason. Same here! Sound thinking MW. Looking forward to your update on your findings at the site.
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