johns Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Today I visited two fens (nutrient rich bogs) in Røros, Norway where Pinguicula villosa can be found. For those who don't know, Pinguicula villosa is a tiny butterwort found in subarctic and arctic North America and Eurasia. In Norway it's found north from from mideast Norway. It prefers Sphagnum fuscum tussocks near the tree line. (You can click on the pictures to see them in 1600x1200 resolution.) First view of the first site, around 690 meters above sea level (the tree line in Røros is at maybe 900 meters above sea level). Many Pinguicula vulgaris, just like everywhere else on these two fens. P. vulgaris. Overview of the first site. I found a few flowering P. vulgaris. After lots of walking around and kneeling down to have a very close look at the Sphagnum tussocks, I found P. villosa. Look at the moss for scale, these are really tiny plants. Can you spot the P. villosa? The P. villosa is on the mid left of the picture. Looking up from near where I found P. villosa. A view of the forest near the fen. P. vulgaris growing in a strangely dry place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johns Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Approaching the second site. As you can see, this is a fen on the edge of a lake with a small stream passing through it. I found P. villosa on Sphagnum tussocks on the stream side (and P. vulgaris everywhere). I also found Drosera rotundifolia. Presumably there were less nutrients where it grew. Pinguicula villosa habitat. Sadly I didn't find any P. villosa plants in flower. But I did find one with a seed pod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tonnerre Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 See, i told you, look for Sphagnum fuscum and there you will find P. villosa... ;-) Im very glad you found this minute plant, since there are not many pictures, compared to other specimens, eventhough its quite widespread. I wish i could see it in situ. And by the way, its very first seed pod ive seen from this species, do you have a picture from the side too? Great report, by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Great field report, the P. villosa is very interesting plant. Thank you for sharing these pics! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johns Posted July 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 And by the way, its very first seed pod ive seen from this species, do you have a picture from the side too? Great report, by the way! Thank you. Sadly I didn't take any pictures of the seed pod from the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) Wahoo! Really great! Reports about Pinguicula villosa are so rare. Thanks for sharing. And it is also the first time I see it seedpod, it has a really strange shape. Edited February 21, 2018 by kisscool_38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm surprised that you didn't find any D. anglica in either site. Norway has quite a lot of this species in very wet drainage bogs. - Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted July 28, 2011 Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Great pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johns Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm surprised that you didn't find any D. anglica in either site. Norway has quite a lot of this species in very wet drainage bogs. - Rich As you say, there are a lot of them in Norway and they're very easy to find, so I didn't think to look. I always enjoy seeing them though, took lots of pictures of D. anglica in Trysil yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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