carnivorous plants
Insect-consuming botanical organisms
Carnivorous plants are plants that trap and digest insects or other small animals to supplement their nutrition.
They typically grow in nutrient-poor environments like bogs, where capturing prey compensates for what the soil lacks.
Familiar examples include Venus flytraps, sundews, and pitcher plants.
Each uses different mechanisms—snap traps, sticky surfaces, or fluid-filled cavities—to catch victims.
- sundewInsect-trapping marsh plant
- Venus flytrapPlant that eats insects
- insectivorousFeeding on six-legged creatures
- insect trapDevice capturing small arthropods
- bogAcidic peat wetland
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- plantstree, leaves, bluebonnet, trees, vegetables
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- houseplantshouseplants, houseplant, ferns, pothos, monstera
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- Plant-Animal Interactionspollination, pollinators, herbivory, grazing, seed dispersal
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carnivorous plantsautotrophs
Self-nourishing organisms
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