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Sweetbay Bogs Preserve was established in 1989 by the Mississippi Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.〔(The Nature Conservancy: Sweetbay Bogs Preserve )〕 Located in the western portion of Stone County, Mississippi, the property contains a classic example of a hillside seepage bog which the Conservancy designated as Sweetbay Bogs Preserve because of the multitude of sweetbay (''Magnolia virginiana'') trees that occupy the site.〔(Kowtko, Stacy. 2010. America's Natural Places: South and Southeast. SantaBarbara, CA: Greenwood Press, ABC-CLIO, LLC. Page 98. )〕 The Preserve contains 194 acres (78 hectares) near Red Creek,〔(Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain: Red Creek Project. )〕 within the Pascagoula River watershed.〔 == Ecology == Because they provide habitat for a number of rare plant species, bogs are considered to be critical natural communities in the longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'') ecosystem, which once covered most of the Gulf Coastal Plain in the southeastern United States. Bogs, that are associated with longleaf pine ecosystems, are also known as Pocosins. Some of the rare plants, that have been identified in the Sweetbay Bogs Preserve, include:〔 *Bog spicebush (''Lindera subcoriacea'') *Coast sedge (''Carex exilis'') *Flame flower (''Macranthera flammea'') *Grass of Parnassus (''Parnassia'') *Harper's yellow-eyed grass (''Xyris scabrifolia'') *Large beakrush (''Rhynchospora macra'') *Pineland bog button (''Lachnocaulon digynum'') *Southern butterwort (''Pinguicula primuliflora'') In addition, the Preserve contains typical bog plants, such as sundews (''Drosera''), butterworts (''Pinguicula''), bladderworts (''Utricularia'') and pitcher plants (''Sarracenia''). The area is also home to rare gopher tortoises (''Gopherus polyphemus'').〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sweetbay Bogs Preserve」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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