PEAT BOGS IN THE HIGH VOSGES

 

I - Machais peat bog
II - Lispach peat bog
III - Pinguiculas near Blanchemer lake

 

     III - Pinguiculas near Blanchemer lake

      Butterworts enjoy pretty much being on a peaty slope, covered with sphagnum moss, grasses and some water which is running through. We can also find some round-leafed sundews.

     At the bottom of this slope, the peat and the water are creating little ponds. Some Eriophorum's white inflorescence accompagny the Pinguicula's green spots, and the few Drosera rotundifolia.

    

     Two beautiful seedlings of flowered Pinguicula vulgaris (butterworts).

    

    

    

     Let's notice the presence of round-leafed sundews behind the butterworts.

Textes et photos, Laurent Schweitzer (traduction Adélaïde Léopoldès, toute reproduction interdite sans l'accord de l'auteur