Carnivorous Plant Bog - Sarah P. Duke Gardens - Durham NC
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ECPirates
N 36° 00.033 W 078° 56.052
17S E 686196 N 3985982
This carnivorous plant bog is located in the H. L. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants area of Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
Waymark Code: WM5RRX
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/08/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TerryDad2
Views: 11

For the preservation of this locality, collection is prohibited.This area of Duke Gardens focuses on plants native to this region. Three types of pitcher plants and one type of flytrap plant are located here. Plant species are identified by signs that also show the level these plants fall under under the endangered species listings.Found here are venus flytraps, purple pitcherplants, green pitcherplants, crimson pitcherplants and hooded pitcherplants. Duke Gardens are free and accessible to the public, there is a fee for parking that can be paid by cash or charge at the automated machines in the parking areas. Most of the Gardens are handicap accessible, it is an easy walk to this carnivorous plant bog from the parking areas.
Type of Locality: Display/Garden

Terrain Difficulty:

Species Present:
Dionaea muscipula [Venus Flytrap] Sarracenia leucophylla [Crimson Pitcherplant] Sarracenia oreophila [Green Pitcherplant] Sarracenia minor [Hooded Pitcherplant] Sarracenia purpurea [Purple Pitcherplant]


Dionaea: yes

Sarracenia: yes

Parking Location: Not Listed

Aldrovanda: Not Listed

Byblis: Not Listed

Cephalotus: Not Listed

Darlingtonia: Not Listed

Drosera: Not Listed

Drosophyllum: Not Listed

Genlisea: Not Listed

Heliamphora: Not Listed

Nepenthes: Not Listed

Pinguicula: Not Listed

Triphyophyllum: Not Listed

Utricularia: Not Listed

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