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Darlingtonia californica
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2009 Makoto Honda. All Rights Reserved
As an evening draws
to a close, the sun sinks lower, its last rays hitting the cobra plants
growing in the thousands in the grass-covered mountain meadow.
Golden hues emanate from the cobra heads, permeating the meadow in the serenity of the forest....
Cold waters from mountain springs rush through a south-facing, mild slope
of the mountain, forming a wide band of marshy surface. It is in
such an exacting setup that vast colonies of cobra plants thrive in the
wild throughout their distribution in northern California and the
adjacent southwestern part of Oregon .
I visited the same habitat some 27 years later. I did
not see any deterioration of the habitat. Oregon, July, 2003.