Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations
The longleaf pine savanna · By Dirk Frankenberg
Rough-leaf loosestrife
Figure 14. The rough-leaf loosestrife is extremely rare. (Photograph by the author. More about the photograph)
Figure 14 shows another rare plant from the savanna/pocosin ecotone, the rough-leaf loosestrife. While not as spectacular as the Venus flytrap, the loosestrife is even more rare. Staff of the Environmental Management Division yell at each other (but not their guests) when they see someone about to step on one of these inconspicuous, but rare, plants.
