Carnivorous plants
By: Helen Thompson and Emily Roskelley
Home Death Traps Plant Genera Data
Sarracenia Leucophylla (north American Pitcher plant) from: www-cp.stech.co.jp/ cp/sara/leucophylla_e.html. |
Brief Synopsis Carnivorous or insectivorous plants, are so named because they can attract, trap and digest small animals. They do so because they live in temperate and tropical bogs, where the soil is poor in nitrogen: an element that is essential to the well being of all plants. However they can still photosynthesize to obtain this element. Generally they target small insects, but they have also been known to ingest small mammals reptiles and birds such as mice, frogs and finches. |
Pinguicula
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