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Is a sunflower a detritivore

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Anonymous

∙ 14y ago
Updated: 10/9/2023

In the sense that soil nutrients often come from decaying matter (nitrogen etc) any plant growing in soil could be seen as consuming that, however because it does not consume the decaying matter _directly_ I don't think sunflowers qualify as detrivore, but a pitcher plant might.

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