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Forest,
Field & Fen II
Natural History Photos for the Third
Week of May 5/24/08
Mark Burchick
Forest,
Field &
Fen II
Natural
History
Photos
for the
Third
Week of
May
American
cranberry
Vaccinium
macrocarpon, a
Maryland DNR
Natural Heritage
Program S3 "Watchlist"
species.
Our native
honeysuckle,
Lonicera
sempervirens,
known as trumpet
honeysuckle.
This will make
only the fifth
time I've ever
seen this native
in the wild.
Trumpet
honeysuckle
with
Mountain
Laurel in
the
background.
Trumpet
honeysuckle.
Trumpet
Honeysuckle.
Trumpet
Honeysuckle.
Swollen or
floating
bladderwort,
Utricularia
inflata, a
Maryland DNR
Natural
Heritage
Program, S1
"Highly
State Rare"
species.
Floating
bladderwort
is a
carnivorous
plant that
captures
insects
within its
modified
roots,
envelopes
and digests
them.
Floating
bladderwort
at an
undisclosed
location.
This
bladderwort
occurs from
Delaware to
Alabama,
along the
coastal
plain.
