Carnivorous plants
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Open University – Ratnapura Student Creation
Meat eating plants Do not rely on sunlight Eat ants, flies mosquitoes There are around 500 types of carnivorous plants How they developed is unknown Can on longer live in nutritious soil
This is cephalotus Lack of nitrogen Acidic bogs Rock outcroppings Poor soil Plentiful in bugs They can’t live in good soil
Famous venus flytrap Trigger hairs Aptly named Only found in the carolina region
This is drosers Luring Chitenase enzyme Nutrition Needs nitrogen and phosphorus Phosphorus makes DNA
This is nepenthes Fires clear land for them in bogs They spread seeds like regular plants Some use bacteria to digest food
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