This wet appearance probably helps lure prey in search of water; a similar phenomenon is observed in the sundews.
Among the typical flora, hikers can discover sundews, martagons and many varieties of orchids.
There are numerous rare plants, including carnivorous sundews and pitcher plants.
The plants in this genus produce sticky leaves with resin-tipped glands and look extremely similar to some of the larger sundews.
In carnivorous plants such as sundews, the tentacles are the stalked glands of the upper surface of the leaves.
Many carnivorous plants can be found in this fen, such as pitcher plant, round leaved sundew, and hidden fruited bladderwort.
The carnivorous plants of the forest include glistening sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, and four species of pitcher plants.
But even these wetter locations burn during dry periods, allowing regeneration of species of pitcher plant and sundew.
