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Sarracenia purpurea
Carnivorous plant showing green and purple pitchers. The sarracenia purpurea obtains most of its nutrients trough prey captures. Insects fall into the pitchers and drawn in the rainwater. It is then digested by an invertebrate and bacteria community. Nutrients are made available for the plant through this commensalism.
Bog in boreal forest
Also called northern pitcher plant, or side-saddle flower.
Spotted on Sep 1, 2012
Submitted on Sep 13, 2012
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