Meadowview Biological Research Station
8390 Fredericksburg Turnpike
Woodford, VA 22580
Phone (804) 633-4336
meadowview@pitcherplant.org

 Reintroduction and Outplanting


 Reintroduction Guidelines


North Carolina

Falling Creek


 

Virginia

Highway Rights-of-Way as Rare Plant Restoration Habitat in Coastal Virginia

Highway Rights-of-Way as Longleaf Pine Restoration Habitat.

The Yellow Pitcher Plant Recovery Program.


Prince George County:

Sarracenia flava at Fort Lee mitigation site, May 2001. These are seed raised plants collected from Shands Bog, Dinwiddie County, in 1987.
Johnny Wallin (VDOT) applies herbicide to control woody plant competition at Fort Lee, 7/00.
Eriocaulon decangulare at Fort Lee, 2000.
Sarracenia flava in flower, 5/02.
Robust colony of S. flava, 5/02
Natural regeneration of S. flava by seed, first seedlings observed 5/02.
View of shrub bog at 35/95 several years after Magnolia virginiana seep cleared by VDOT for project, 7,00.
Large clump of S. flava at 35/95, 7/00.

Dinwiddie County:

Introduced native Virginia Dinwidie County Sarracenia flava in late successional phase pond pine, Pinus serotina, woods at Richard Bland College, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, June 2001.  Artificial gaps were created in sphagnous seeps in pine woods to establish Sarracenia.
Sarracenia flava and S. purpurea at Richard Bland, May 2001.

Greensville County:

Introduced Sarracenia flava at Otterdam Swamp wetland mitigation site, June 2001. This site contains mixed provenance of  native Virginia S. flava. Both Meadowview Biological Research Station and students from Potomac Elementary School participated in the reintroduction under the Toyota Tapestry Grant in partnership with VDOT.
Pontederia cordata in bloom at Otteredam Swamp pond edge.
Scutellaria integrifolia in bloom in S. flava reintroduction area.
Sarracenia flava at Otterdam Swamp wetland mitigation site, 2000.
 
Mark Mikolajczyk with S. flava and stunted bald cypress at Otterdam Swamp wetland mitigation site, 2000.

Isle of Wight County:

Powerline in Isle of Wight County, VA awaits reintroduction of  Sarracenia flava.
Fred Weaver prepares site for pitcher plant reintroduction by blading-out competitors on seepage slope.
Potomac Elementary School Students reintroduce S.  flava to Isle of Wight County, VA in May 2001.  Project was successfully completed under the Dominion Virginia Power Partnership grant in collaboration with Meadowview Biological Research Station and the King George County Master Gardener Program.
Potomac Elementary School Students reintroduce S. flava to Isle of Wight County, VA in May 2001.  Project was successfully completed under the Dominion Virginia Power Partnership grant in collaboration with Meadowview Biological Research Station and the King George County Master Gardener Program.
Sarracenia flava planted by Potomac Elementary School students – one year after planting, 5/02.
 
 

295/460 (new site)

Native Virginia longleaf pine emerge from the grass stage at planted site in cloverleaf.