Darlingtonia State Natural Site
State Natural Area · Oregon · Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
- 18 acres
Darlingtonia State Natural Site is the only Oregon state park property dedicated to the protection of a single plant species. Concurrently, the plants it protects are the only carnivorous flora in the system. This 18-acre botanical park provides parking and a boardwalk trail out into a fen that is home to Darlingtonia californica . Also called a cobra lily, the rare, strangely-shaped plant is the only member of the pitcher plant family (Sarraceniaceae) in Oregon. What visitors see in this little garden of multi-colored horrors (for insects), is a plant with yellowish green hooded leaves that f
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Know before you go
- Official site
- stateparks.oregon.gov
- Managed by
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there
What's here
Activities & features: Hiking · Interpretive Signage · Picnic Area · Trail
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