I live near a national forest where visitors occasionally claim to see Venus Fly Traps. It's a few counties south of where they are currently officially found. But there were naturalist reports in the 1960's of the plants there. I agree with conservation of V. Fly Traps in the wild and would like to see them in the forest myself.
One Reddit user wrote that he saw them in the Carolina Bay that a state trail in the forest runs through. It sounded like he meant Venus Fly Traps, but he could have meant Carnivorous Plants more generally. "Carolina Bays" are oval bogs found near the coast. This Carolina Bay is part of the watery basin source for a creek that drains into the ocean.
I went to the area in early June last year. A half mile down the trail, I saw an informational trail sign that discussed Carnivorous Plants. I also saw 4 foot tall Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia Flava) by the sign. The spot looked like the start of a stream trickle. I am posting a photo. I walked a few yards off the trail toward the Pitcher Plants. The mud started to sink around my sneaker. It was not as bad as quicksand, but it felt like the ground in general there was too wet.
Perhaps in late August the ground would get dryer, but it still does not seem like a dangerous hike because of the sinking mud in the "Bay." The Bay is 4000 feet long and 2000 feet long. The distance by itself is manageable, but the terrain does not look manageable.
Could I actually hike through the middle of that bog? It seems that I might need to put snowshoe-like platforms on my shoe bottoms to keep myself from sinking through the mud. Even if I wore tall snakeboots or fishing boots, the boots could get stuck in the mud. I don't even know if the Venus Fly Traps are in the bog. It seems that I would have to walk around the perimeter of the Carolina Bay and also traverse it in a few sections to check whether the plants are in the bog.
May I post a map of the swamp with the identifying information (street names) removed?
One Reddit user wrote that he saw them in the Carolina Bay that a state trail in the forest runs through. It sounded like he meant Venus Fly Traps, but he could have meant Carnivorous Plants more generally. "Carolina Bays" are oval bogs found near the coast. This Carolina Bay is part of the watery basin source for a creek that drains into the ocean.
I went to the area in early June last year. A half mile down the trail, I saw an informational trail sign that discussed Carnivorous Plants. I also saw 4 foot tall Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia Flava) by the sign. The spot looked like the start of a stream trickle. I am posting a photo. I walked a few yards off the trail toward the Pitcher Plants. The mud started to sink around my sneaker. It was not as bad as quicksand, but it felt like the ground in general there was too wet.
Perhaps in late August the ground would get dryer, but it still does not seem like a dangerous hike because of the sinking mud in the "Bay." The Bay is 4000 feet long and 2000 feet long. The distance by itself is manageable, but the terrain does not look manageable.
Could I actually hike through the middle of that bog? It seems that I might need to put snowshoe-like platforms on my shoe bottoms to keep myself from sinking through the mud. Even if I wore tall snakeboots or fishing boots, the boots could get stuck in the mud. I don't even know if the Venus Fly Traps are in the bog. It seems that I would have to walk around the perimeter of the Carolina Bay and also traverse it in a few sections to check whether the plants are in the bog.
May I post a map of the swamp with the identifying information (street names) removed?