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Orchids are well-suited to the cool soil temperatures and acidic conditions found in bogs. Many, like Arethusa, have beautiful blooms that are attractive to both insects and humans.
<-- Arethusa bulbosa or dragon's mouth grows in very wet conditions (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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Many orchids, like this club-spur, are common not only in bogs but also grow in wet woods, swamps and lakeshores.
<-- Plantanthera clavellata or club-spur orchid (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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The small round-leafed orchis is a northern species rare in the Great Lakes region.
<-- Amerorchis rotundifolia (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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The showy and familiar grass pink commonly grows in large colonies in sphagnum bogs and wet prairies.
<-- Calopogon tuberosus (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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The delicate rose pogonia or adder's mouth is common in the wettest parts of bogs.
<-- Pogonia ophioglossoides (click thumbnail image to view photograph.)
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The "Virtual Bog Walk" is made possible by a Lake Superior Coastal Wetland Conservation Education Grant from the Michigan Coastal Management Program, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Photographs ©Scot Stewart and ©MooseWood Nature Center
MooseWood Nature Center, P.O. Box 773, Marquette, MI 49855
info@moosewood.org (906) 228-6250
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