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This slope seepage is in a forest clearing just below the top of a 270-foot
tall hill, and the only site in the area with butterworts.
The bottom half and the right side are open and sunny, and the
domain of S.alata, while the top and left parts are so overgrown one
has a hard time distinguishing the pitcher plants from other natives.
That, a couple of black, charred tree stubs, and the charred
bark of a only a couple of others tell of a small burning several years
ago.
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The light-brown sand-floor is saturated with water. Water-pregnant
clumps of long-fiber sphagnum cover large areas, and I get the impression
of walking on a big wet sponge. In open sandy areas I'm hard-pressed
to walk without stepping on tens of glistening sundews and butterworts.
Here and there, pockets of the zig-zag bladderwort (Utricularia
subulata). Printed on the sand are many tracks of deer and
other wildlife which come here only to drink.
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