Monday, August 24, 2009

Darlingtonia State Park

We stopped at this park on the way home from camping. What a cool place! It is a really small park, loaded with insect eating plants! I had only heard of these amazing plants, this was my first time seeing them.
So at the end "cupped leaf" at the end of each plant are pedal like things, which initially lure in the insect. Once under the "hood" part of the plant, it becomes difficult to exit, and the insect eventually falls to the bottom part of the plant, where it is dissolved and digested.

Wonderful!

Also found a side trail and came across this big root system. Super cool park to explore as we were winding down from our overnight adventure.

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