A carnivorous plant in the mountains
Vive Cabeceiras · Serra da Cabreira · flora and habitat

Sundew is one of Cabreira’s small surprises.

Visit Cabeceiras includes Drosera rotundifolia in the mountain flora. Flora-On describes its habitat as waterlogged meadows, marshes and peat bogs with Sphagnum mosses, generally in mountain areas. The reference concerns Cabreira as a whole; it does not identify an observation point in this guide.

A review by the US Forest Service helps explain this connection with water: it describes continuously moist conditions and soils that are often acidic and poor in nutrients. The plant tolerates prolonged dry spells poorly. This explanation concerns the species in general, rather than measurements of soil or water in Cabreira.

Sources and context
Visit Cabeceiras — natural heritage of Serra da Cabreira
https://visitcabeceiras.pt/emocoes/post/serra-da-cabreira
Accessed: 2026-11-06
Portuguese Botany Society — Flora-On, Drosera rotundifolia
https://flora-on.pt/?q=Drosera+rotundifolia
Accessed: 2026-11-06
USDA Forest Service — Robin F. Matthews, Drosera rotundifolia, February review, 1994
https://research.fs.usda.gov/feis/species-reviews/drorot
Accessed: 2026-11-07

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