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| This is a dried up pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant growing in the Sax Zim bog which is about an hour drive north and slightly west of my place. |
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| This is the new education building which is very nice. The outside is covered in aspen. Normally aspen is not suitable for buildings because it rots quickly but with help from the NRRI (National Resource Research Institute) the aspen was treated with heat. The inside is paneled in locally sources tamarack which is also not often used in building but is very nice looking. |
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| We were collecting plants for the herbarium at UMD. The plants they currently have in their herbarium are all over 40 years old. Students need to have herbarium samples to complete their studies. This group of native plant explorers is helping them out. We did it last year too. That was when my left foot punched a hole in the bog and I had to get pulled out. This year the bog is much drier. We stayed at the bog nearest to the visitor center this year. |
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| I really enjoyed spending a couple of hours walking on the bog with people who know their stuff. The visitor center has a new pollinator garden. |
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| Pollinators were busy at work today. After collecting the plants we labeled them and pressed them between newspapers and blotting paper. |
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