The Calverton Ponds are examples of coastal plain ponds, which typically serve as habitat for rare species of plants and animals, including insectivorous sundews. Fox Pond, Sandy Pond, and Block Pond occupy shallow depressions and are only a feet deep, therefore, they are not glacial kettles. Currently, there is a lack of consensus concerning how these depressions originated.
Thread-leaved Sundew (
Drosera filiformis) at the Calverton Ponds in August, 2008. This is an insectivorous plant that captures prey with the sticky hairs on its leaves.
Photo by Sandy Richard. Click photo for
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The Calverton PondsThe Nature Conservancy: Calverton PondsHiking Long Island: The Calverton PondsGEC: Long Island Pine BarrensFlickr Photos: Calverton Ponds February 2007Flickr Photos: Calverton Ponds - June 2007Flickr Photos: Calverton Ponds - August, 2008Wikipedia: Drosera filiformis
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