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Green pitcher plant: carnivorous and endangered.

Postal Pond
Decatur (Legacy Park), Georgia, USA.
29 April 2022.

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▶ "Sarracenia oreophila, also known as the green pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. It has highly modified leaves in the form of pitchers that act as pitfall traps for prey. The narrow pitcher leaves are tapered tubes that rise up to 30 inches (75 cm) from the ground, with a mouth 2 to 4 inches (6-10 cm) in circumference."
— Wikipedia.

▶ "Native to the southeast U.S., green pitcher plants are considered endangered and now only can be found in a handful of counties in northeast Georgia [including Decatur], southwest North Carolina, and northeast Alabama."
— U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

▶ Fascinatingly, the green pitcher plant becomes vegetarian later in its life cycle.

"In late summer and autumn, the green pitcher plant stops producing carnivorous leaves, and instead produces flat, non-carnivorous phyllodia [flat leafstalks that function as leaves]. The natural habitat of this species dries quickly during July and the small phyllodia are probably easier to maintain with the little water available than its spring pitchers. This is a genetic adaptation and plants kept permanently wet in cultivation also lose their pitchers in mid-summer.

Also of note is the simultaneous flowering [large yellow blossom] and pitchering at the beginning of the season as drier conditions later prevent growth of pitchers after flower production."
— Wikipedia.

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Taken on: April 29, 2022

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Camera: Olympus E-M10MarkII, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, 82mm (=164mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-M10MarkII
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
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Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	82mm (35mm equivalent: 164mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
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