We start this episode off in a “White Cedar” (Chamaecyparis thyoides) bog checking out some rare sedges and wax-myrtles, then examine the gradual transition from healthy, fire-maintained woods to dense, fire-suppressed woods and “the sh*tty woods”. We check out a population of the rare sumac, Rhus michauxii, a sand-endemic, low-growing rare plant that would make a great native plant for horticulture to replace all the lousy day lilies that the state of North Carolina plants along the highways. We end the episode looking at some really healthy, fire-maintained longleaf pine (PInus palustris) savannas and some venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) and pitcher plants (Sarracenia flava and Sarracenia x catesbaei).