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all right, i am triple dipping on this activity, because i needed to go to a wetland and look at sedges and i also wanted to look up trails in the area of East Montpelier as an example for a kid who was working on the cadette eco-trekker badge.

so.

chickering bog.

it turns out that chickering bog is not a bog at all, but a rich fen, and the main difference between a bog and a fen is that a bog gets all of its water from precipitation, but a fen is fed by groundwater.

this isn't a great picture of this plant, because it's been dry out, and they'e past flowering, but these are purple pitcher plants. they're fun because they are carnivorous.