In the 1940's, the Botanical Society of Westmoreland County transplanted these plants, taken from the site of High Point Lake in Somerset County during construction of a man-made lake.
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Alluring Plants
Pennsylvania is home to three insect-eating plants, and you'll find two of them here. Pitcher plants and sundew live in this bog, while bladderwort is common in central and eastern Pennsylvania.
Pitcher plants use nectar to lure insects into their tube-shaped leaves, where downward-pointing hairs prevent escape from a deadly cocktail of rainwater and digestive juices.
A Sticky Situation
Sundew's spoon shaped leaves have tentacles (actually sticky hairs) tipped with drops of glue that glitter like dew. Insects fly in for "dew" and get stuck on hairs, which wrap around the insect to hold them tight during digestion.
Love 'em and Leave 'em
Bog plants are specially adapted to conditions in the bog and wouldn't survive trnsplanting into your backyard. Be a good steward and leave bog plants here. Look for backyard-loving native plants at your local nursery that area easier to care for.
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