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Venus Flytrap

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Habitat:

The Venus Flytrap resides in environments with damp sandy and peaty soil, that are low in nitrogen and phophorus. Due to the poor nutrional value of the soil, the Venus Flytrap relies on its ability to trap insects, its prey provides it with the nitogren the soil cannot.

Notes:

I stumbled across these plants while hiking a trail in Carolina Beach State Park, there were a dozen or so patches of these in a small clearing right off the trail.

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2 Comments

standitdude
standitdude 12 years ago

and now you can grow a pet like plant that closes its leaves and lowers its branches when Tickled! http://www.ticklemeplant.com

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 12 years ago

In the wild. Cool! Love the series.

Tevis
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Tevis

North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Oct 15, 2011
Submitted on Nov 10, 2011

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