Carnivorous plants have a variety of methods to get prey: pitfall traps (like the pitcher plant), snap traps (like venus flytraps) and flypaper traps (like sundews) are just a few. In North America there are 10 known species in the genus Sarracenia, the pitcher plants. Sarracenia purpurea ...
California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia californica Also known as the cobra lily, the California pitcher plant grows in swamps and bogs along the Pacific coast as far north as British Columbia. The plant’s clusters of red-mottled “pitchers” grow straight up from the plant’s base, forming a...
North Africa, and the Middle East, and it is known from other places as an introduced species. Some of the popular common names of the plants areFlat-pod peavine, Flatpod peavine, Flat-podded
but become woody towards the base of the plant. These stems grow up to 7 m or more in length and several are usually produced from the plants long-lived root-stock (i.e. crown). They are much-branched, with the side (i.e. lateral) branches usually being produced in pairs in the l...
Shrews defecate directly into the pitcher while feeding, providing nutrients that have already been digested. Low’s pitcher plants are only found on a few Borneo mountain slopes. A fascinating interaction exists between woolly bats and the bat pitcher plant (Nepenthes Hemsleyana). ...
The Coastal Plain, bordered by theAtlantic Ocean, includes 300 beaches, swamps, dunes, and marshes. It’s made up of the Tidewater and the Outer Banks. The area is also known for several plant species, including two carnivorous plants, the Pitcher Plant and the Venus Fly Trap. There are ...
Another example of mutualism is the relationship between woolly bats and pitcher plants. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that contain a slippery substance in their rim to attract their prey. Wooly bats seem to be immune to this substance as they use the pitcher plant as a resting place...
No tropical rainforest plants list would be complete without a carnivorous plant! Pitcher plants have evolved to prey on insects, and are found in areas in which the soil is low in nutrients. There are many different types of pitcher plant; all work in the same way. Insects fall into the...
Facts about Sago Palm Cycas revoluta Thunb is inherent to southern Japanese islands of Ryukyu, Kyushu, Satsuma and Mitsuhama. It is distributed in colonies on steep to precipitous stony sites on hillsides. Sago Palm is a slow growing cycad forming a crown of leaves about 50-150 cm long on...
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