Carnivorous Plants
Carnivorous Plants
In a world where plants are at the bottom of the food-chain, some
individual plant species have evolved ways to reverse the order we expect to
find in nature. These insectivorous plants, as they are sometimes called, are
the predators , rather than the passive prey. Adaptations such as odiferous lures
and trapping mechanisms have made it possible for these photosynthesizers to
capture, chemically break-down and digest insect prey (and in some cases even
small animals.) There is no reason to fear them though. The majority are
herbaceous perennials, usually only 4 to 6 inches high, and nothing like the
plant in "Little Shop of Horrors".
Almost all carnivorous plants have a basically similar ecology and
several different species are often found growing almost side by side. They are
most likely to be found in swamps, bogs, damp heaths and muddy or sandy shores.
Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Portugal and Morocco is the one exception, it
grows on dry gravelly......
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