sphagnum bog

[nepenthes99]

While trekking through through the wetlands surrounding the pond near my house I found large amounts of sphagnum moss. The area had very sandy soil, constant water, and lots of sun. It is a beautiful area, except it has been neglected greatly. There is trash everywhere, and people used the area as a dumping ground in the 70's. There are no cps but there are other bog plants like xyris. I am thinking of starting a project to clean it up and to protect it. There are no cps, but there probably were a long time ago. I would like to plant some Purpureas, utrics like inflata, and drosera like filiformis, intermedia, and rotundifolia. I will post pics in spring.

[rsivertsen]

Have you looked carefully through this area in mid June? If it is anywhere within the NJ Pine Barrens, CP WILL make a recovery, especially Utrics and then Drosera; S. purps are a lot slower to recover.

[nepenthes99]

Unfortunately it is in central nj, near trenton. It is literally in my backyard, but not on my property. I live in a homeowners community and cannot purchase or alter the land. I went there in june but it was too muddy and I could not access the area because it was partly flooded. I tried with a kayak, but it is surrounded by large branches, so it was unsuccessful.