This is the day we start our project. We have decide to study insect capture by pitcher plants and will be working on sites at Broadwing Lake, Spruce Bog, Mizzy Lake and Bat Lake.
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| Walking the Mizzy Lake trail |
I caught a dragonhunter and an emerald dragonfly by the dam today. They were both very nicely coloured.
There were a lot of small American toads but only one large one was seen at the Mizzy Lake trail. Going out at night along the lake I saw a lot of green, leopard and bullfrogs. If you wiggle your finger in front of a bullfrog it will bite you and hold on.
Many cool ferns were seen along the paths. In particular the northern
beech fern was a small fern seen along the trail to Mizzy Lake.
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| Northern beech fern |
And our wonderful study species... The pitcher plant.
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| The leaves/ pitchers that capture insects |
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| The flower |
Setting up our experiments didn't take too long and it was nice to be outside.
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| Mizzy Lake |
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| Cotton grass in Mizzy bog |
The bog was great habitat for sphagnum that made up the mats, pitcher plants, tamarack trees, cotton grass, leatherleaf, sedge and many others.
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| Bog with many unique plants |
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