Carnivorous & Parasitic Plants

No, the Dismal Swamps do not have carnivorous plants. The Dismal Swamp is primarily composed of wetlands and forested areas with common plants like cypress trees, tupelo trees, and ferns. Carnivorous plants are typically found in nutrient-poor environments like bogs and swamps, but they are not present in the Dismal Swamps.

Yes, there are carnivorous plants in Rhode Island. The most common species found in the state is the pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), which traps and digests insects to obtain nutrients that are lacking in the soil. These plants can be found in bogs and wetlands across Rhode Island.

The question is not why these plants use photosynthesis, it's why they are insectivorous! All plants use photosynthesis, but only some of them live in such poor soil that they have adapted this unusual method of obtaining nutrients.

Insectivorous plants get nutrition from more than one source. Insects are primarily a source of protein, and photosynthesis is a source of carbohydrates. Plants need a lot of carbohydrates, in order to grow.

Venus's flytrap Most carnivorous plants eat flying, foraging, or crawling insects. Those that live in or around water capture very small aquatic prey like mosquito larvae and tiny fish. On rare occasions, some tropical carnivorous plants have even been reported to capture frogs, or even rats and birds (although these creatures were probably sick or already near death)! But don't worry, these plants pose no danger to humans, even if you fell asleep in a whole bed of them. Carnivorous plants tend to grow in places where the soil is thin or lacking in nutrients like bogs and rocky areas, so these plants must get some of their nutrients by trapping and digesting animals, especially insects. More than 600 species and subspecies of carnivorous plants have been identified, although some are now extinct. The Venus's-flytrap is probably the most famous. Just like other plants that need to attract other creatures to help with things like pollination, carnivorous plants use different strategies to attract their prey. Some are sweetly scented, others are brightly colored, still others have parts that are sticky or slippery or designed in a way that makes it hard for prey to escape. Once they have attracted their dinner, carnivorous plants use five basic trapping strategies: * Pitfall traps (like pitcher plants), in which the prey falls into a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes and/or bacteria at the bottom; * Flypaper traps, that use a sticky glue substance to hold onto unsuspecting insects; * Snap traps (like the Venus's-flytrap), where the leaves actually snap shut to create a plant prison; * Bladder traps, which use a bladder to suck in aquatic creatures; and * Lobster-pot traps, which use inward-pointing hairs to force prey towards the digestive enzymes. The Venus's-flytrap has long been an object of fascination (it even stars in a movie!). How does the plant move? Does it have muscles? Venus's-flytraps aren't the only type of carnivorous plant that moves, but they are the most commonly known. When something touches the trigger hairs on the edges of the leaves, the cells on the inside wall of the trap transfer water to the outside walls, so the inside essentially goes limp. This makes the leaf snap closed. Another way carnivorous plants move can be observed in sundew plants, which have a long flypaper trap. Once the prey gets stuck on the gluey tentacles, the tentacles embrace the creature by growing faster on the outside than the inside. And they can do this really fast. One species of sundew can bend 180º in only a minute or so! So once they catch their prey, how do these plants digest the meal? Most carnivorous plants make their own digestive enzymes. Still others depend on bacteria to produce these enzymes; the bacteria cause the captured prey to rot and the plant absorbs the nutrients. Still other plants rely on both their own enzymes and additional enzymes generated by bacteria. Yet another method is even more unappetizing. Some carnivorous plants use bugs and insects as helpers. For example, on carnivorous sundews, assassin bugs crawl around and eat the insects that have been captured. Then these bugs poop and the feces provide dinner for the plant! Yuck! Meat-eating plants have also captured the imagination of many writers and filmmakers. One of the more well-known carnivorous plant stories is Little Shop of Horrors, which was originally filmed in 1960, then made into a Broadway musical, with a second Hollywood release in 1986. This comedy/musical/horror film tells the story of a florist clerk who discovers an unusual plant with a unique appetite…for humanblood.

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Racheophyta Order: Caryophyllales Family: Droseraceae Genus: Drosera Species: Rotundifolia

As light does not pass through the water, was wondering if the plant could grow well in muddy water?

Predatory plants that use vey sticky hairs to stick their prey to them so they can devour it.

The English sundew (D. Anglica) can grow from a range of 2-20 cm in height depending on the location.

an insect touches a leaf of a sundew plant then the leaf slowly moves and covers the insect with all those sticky stuff and then digest it and the nutrients go in the plant by tiny holes leading to the roots.

Yes, snails eat all kinds of vegetation, fresh and/or rotting, including vegetables and fruits.

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insects (e.g flies & mosquitoes. If you have a sundew and want to feed it, you can use fostered bloodworm ,small crickets ,and ants.Never feed them raw meat this will kill them!

Chlorophyll is the green substance in all plants that allows them to use the energy from the sun. Sunflowers included

They trap an inset on their sticky petals then send digestive juices.

by tricking bugs by the smell and traps bugs

There have been various, however rare, instances of

certain species of plants eating animals, such as the Venus Fly Trap

However, the Venus Fly Trap usually only eats small insects, such as, and most obviously, flies.

Venus fly traps and Pitcher Plants are both carnivorous.

insects (e.g flies & mosquitoes. If you have a sundew and want to feed it, you can use fostered bloodworm ,small crickets ,and ants.Never feed them raw meat this will kill them!

'Herbivorous' is an adjectival form of 'herbivore' which basically means 'plant-eater'. Following are some sentences:

Rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and giraffes are herbivorous mammals.

The hoatzin is a leaf-eater and can thus be regarding as herbivorous.

Herbivores are herbivorous while carnivores are carnivorous.

The sauropods were the largest dinosaurs and were herbivorous, possibly swallowing stones to crush tough vegetation in their guts.

Parasites live on a host in both plant and animal world. E.g. Staghorns live on the trunk of a host tree. Animal world a tick will live on a host animal i.e. a dog. Hope that helps.

Sundews excrete a sticky mucilage from their leaves which ensnare insects that come into contact with it. Because the leaves are sticky enough to trap most prey, the leaves do not need to close quickly. The prey is effectively disabled before the trap closes. It is like having a glue trap to catch mice.

Venus Flytraps do not have this sticky mucilage and must snap closed fast enough to prevent the prey from escaping. This is more analogous to a traditional snapping mouse trap.

The leaf, whatever shape, is covered in tiny hairs on the dorsal side. Each of these hairs ends in a tiny, bulbous gland. These glands secrete a viscous mucilage that contains sweet smelling sugar, which acts as a lure. When prey discovers the lure, they fly (or less often, crawl) onto the leaf, becoming ensnared in the liquid. Often, ground dwelling insects have legs powerful enough to escape, but flying insects are not built strong enough. Their wings may become ensnared as well. Limbs may be torn off in the struggle, etc. The mucilage enters the insects breathing holes and suffocates it, killing it. During the struggle, the tentacles curl around toward the center of the leaf, through a complex water pressure system inside the tentacles, impeding the preys escape. In some species, this water pressure system is included in the entire leaf, so the leaf may start to curl as well. Examples of this activity are: D. Regia, D. capensis, most Australian species, etc. The enzymes then dissolve all soft tissue inside the prey, and leak out and are reabsorbed by the plant.

Sundews have leaves which are covered in long hairs and each hair ends in a droplet of sticky fluid which causes insects to stick to the leaf.

Except for pygmy sundews, yes.