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Doerun Pitcherplant Bog Natural Area (Colquitt Co.)
Coordinates: 31.2862437, -83.8880932 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Doerun Pitcherplant Bog Natural Area
Much has been written of the longleaf pinelands of South Georgia and the fact that most have disappeared through conversion to pine plantations, development, cropland and other overall changes in land use. Yet an even scarcer habitat than a longleaf pine forest is a seepage bog with acres and acres of pitcherplants. Doerun Pitcherplant Bog Natural Area has both – intact longleaf-wiregrass uplands and acres and acres of pitcherplants!

Located on the Gulf Coastal Plain of southwest Georgia in Colquitt County between Doerun and Moultrie, Doerun Pitcherplant Bog Natural Area contains 651 acres along the Ochlockonee River. Principle natural habitats are blackwater river bottomlands, intermittent stream drainages, seepage slopes, and woodlands dominated by wiregrass, longleaf pine and slash pine. Approximately 100 acres are prime pitcherplant bog habitat, but a rigorous prescribed fire management program is essential to restore all the bogs to their former glory. Past land-use involved cattle grazing, Bermuda-hay fields, improved pastures using Bahiagrass and fescue, tenant farming, peanut cropland, and timber harvesting. These practices disrupted the longleaf-wiregrass landscape and have provided many challenges in efforts to restore the Doerun property to its former natural vegetation. From Doerun Pitcherplant Bog Natural Area webpage

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