Continuing on my journey to find the elusive (in New England) and carnivorous Purple Butterwort, I ascend into a lovely sub-alpine and alpine habitat. Though not nearly as dramatic as the cliff faces I explored the day before, we found a very healthy population of our target species!
Plants of interest:
Sorbus americana - American mountain ash - Rosaceae
Abies balsamea - balsam fir - Pinaceae
Streptopus lanceolatus - rose twisted-stalk - Liliaceae
Oxalis montana - mountain woodsorrel - Oxalidaceae
Vaccinium vitis-idaea minus - Mountain Cranberry - Ericaceae
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry - Cornaceae
Lycopodium lagopus - arctic stag's-horn clubmoss - Lycopodiaceae
Clintonia borealis - bluebead lily - Liliaceae
Pinguicula vulgaris - Purple Butterwort - Lentibulariaceae