Successful reintroduction of white-fringed orchid, Platanthera blephariglottis var. conspicua, to Joseph Pines


    Identity of rare lily, Lilium pyrophilum, confirmed at Joseph Pines in 2007

    Preserve picnic for members and donors 6/02

        Restoration work is about to start on the preserve with the rare black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia heliopsidis

Photo by Al Gustin

        Preserve donor Jim Robinson visits preserve and meets seller Brad Whitehead.
 

        View of introduced native Virginia Sussex County Sarracenia flava on the preserve.
 

        Leif Jacobson (left) and Mike Rasnake (on tractor) repair entry road to preserve on Nov. 7, 2001.
 

        Bush-hogging young loblolly pines, hardwoods, and herbaceous species in preparation for longleaf planting. Dec. 01.
 

        Volunteers visit preserve. L to R. Leif Jacobson, Al Holland, Larry Evans (Free Lance Star reporter), Cindy Ragan, and Chris Simon.
 

                Leif Jacobson and Chris Simon removing longleaf seedlings from containers prior to planting, Dec. 01.
 

        Al Holland and Chris Simon planting seed raised native Virginia longleaf pine on preserve, Dec. 01.
 

        View of seepage wetland prior to clearing (powerline easement to right)
 

         Clearing of seepage wetland to control woody competition. Dec. 01.
 

                 Tractor ruts are good areas for establishment of seepage wetland plant seedlings (check out our paper, "Powerline easements as refugia for state rare seepage and pineland plant taxa", in the Proceedings section of RESEARCH to learn more about this).  Exposed soils offer germination sites for seed and minimize competition during establishment.

        Fuel reduction program and enhancement of herbaceous layer through mechanical methods.
   

      Sarracenia flava after bush hogging 5/02

       Controlled burn fall 2004

Photo by Mike Anderson

       Probably the very rare Lilium pyrophillum or sandhills lily.  Photographed at the Preserve in the

                                        summer of 2006 during an extended drought.

Photo by Margie Sheridan

        Controlled burn 2007