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Zac in NC · 09-20-2006, 11:29 AM

Well I am going to chime in as I live in NC and have seen VFTs in the wild in several localities( including one new place found by myself and another guy). They do not grow in as wet areas as mentioned. They grow in sandy, moist savannahs that burn frequently. I found several last summer while doing research with a graduate student in botany. He is studying fire ecology and we were working on a tract of land that had been cut over 7 years back. The result was a huge growth of understory shrubs into a pocosin type area. In one of our plots, we had a VFT and we were shocked that it was still there. This was in one of our drier plots and it had had Long Leaf pines within the total area and the fact that it had brushy growth which could choke it out. We also found a population in one of the bush-hog road cuts for the hunters to get around in with their ATVs. I am not saying they don't grow in sphagnum in other localities but I have not personally seen them growing in that.

Zac

09-20-2006, 11:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
Zac in NC Plant Nerd Extrordinaire Location: Harlingen, Texas, Lower Rio Grande Valley Find me on the map! Zone: 10b/11a? Name: Zac Hill Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 265 BananaBucks : 26,272 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 9 Times Was Thanked 54 Times in 39 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 5 Times	Re: Finally Got My Venus Flytrap !! Well I am going to chime in as I live in NC and have seen VFTs in the wild in several localities( including one new place found by myself and another guy). They do not grow in as wet areas as mentioned. They grow in sandy, moist savannahs that burn frequently. I found several last summer while doing research with a graduate student in botany. He is studying fire ecology and we were working on a tract of land that had been cut over 7 years back. The result was a huge growth of understory shrubs into a pocosin type area. In one of our plots, we had a VFT and we were shocked that it was still there. This was in one of our drier plots and it had had Long Leaf pines within the total area and the fact that it had brushy growth which could choke it out. We also found a population in one of the bush-hog road cuts for the hunters to get around in with their ATVs. I am not saying they don't grow in sphagnum in other localities but I have not personally seen them growing in that. Zac