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Boiling Spring Lakes

Last Stronghold for Venus Flytraps

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One of the largest of NCPCPs preserves, it weaves in and around the town of Boiling Spring Lakes and is home to a variety of coastal plant species, including Venus flytraps.

Often poached, whole plants and seeds, Venus flytraps are under intense pressure.  Over the years, their range has become alarmingly smaller.  Venus flytraps are currently listed as Special Concern-Vulnerable, but calls are being made to change their status, giving them a little more protection.

In addition, laws have been put in place to increase fines and permit jail time for poaching (the taking, without permission, of plants from another persons land).

Recent News

Poachers were recently caught with 800+ plants stuffed into a pillowcase.  Officers retrieved the plants and sent them for safekeeping in a greenhouse until arrangements could be made to re-plant them.  In March of 2015, a carload of Friends of Plant Conservation traveled from Greensboro to the coast to assist with the re-planting.
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Venus Flytraps, Lysimachia asperifolia, and Sarracenia flava.


Bachman's sparrow

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Bachman's sparrow photo courtesy of Daniel Berganza. 
Bachman's
​sparrow
Plants are not the only species in trouble.  Sightings of Bachman's sparrow, a bird that is now uncommon and possibly declining in the South, have been made at Boiling Spring Lakes.

The little bird may look rather plain, but his song makes up for what he may lack in appearance.

The USFWS has excellent information about the bird and its needs (click on the green button to the left).

 

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  • Home
    • Articles on Plants and Conservation
    • NEWS and Newsletters
    • About Us >
      • Board of Directors >
        • Official Documents
      • NCPCP Staff
      • Awards
      • Contact Us
      • Privacy Policy
  • About the Preserves
    • Rare Plants & Regulations
    • Explore the Preserves >
      • Bat Fork / Ochlawaha
      • Boiling Spring Lakes
      • Caraway/Oconee bells
      • Cedar Cliff
      • Cedar Mountain Bog
      • Denson's Creek
      • Eastwood
      • Eno River Diabase Sill
      • Harvest Field
      • Hog Branch Ponds
      • Long Mountain Slopes / Poison Fork
      • Melrose Mountain
      • Mineral Springs Barrens
      • Pondberry Bay
      • Redlair
      • Redlair History
      • Paddy Mountain
      • Tater Hill
      • White Oak Mountain
    • Work Days
  • JOIN US
    • Become a Member >
      • Membership application
    • Become a Volunteer
    • Become a Donor
  • Redlair for Researchers
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  • Ginseng
  • Speakers Bureau
  • PARTNERS
  • Conservation with Kids