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Carnivorous & Parasitic Plants

Carnivorous plants are plants that have adapted to life in nutrient poor soil by deriving their nutrients from consuming insects, arthropods and such while still deriving their energy from photosynthesis like normal plants. Parasitic plants depends on other plants for sustenance. All questions about carnivorous and parasitic plants can be directed here.

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What similarities does a Venus fly trap and a sundew have in common?

Both the Venus flytrap and sundew are carnivorous plants that have evolved to capture and digest insects for nutrients. They attract prey using unique mechanisms; the Venus flytrap employs hinged leaves that snap shut when triggered by unsuspecting insects, while the sundew uses sticky glandular hairs on its leaves to trap prey. Additionally, both plants thrive in nutrient-poor environments and have adapted to supplement their diets through these insect-catching strategies.

Does a carnivorous plants eat stink bugs?

Yes, they will. Carnivorous plants will catch any bugs that trigger the trap, they don't care!

What is the conclusion of plants?

Plants ultimately set seeds, or fruit which contain the seeds. Then they die, unless they are "perennial" plants, which can live for centuries.

What is the preposition in 'Another plant the Venus flytrap captures its dinner in its fingers'?

"In" is the preposition in the incomplete English statement "Another plant the Venus flytrap captures its dinner in its fingers... ." Prepositions join words that advance meaning by relating to one another. In this case, the preposition links "dinner" and "fingers."

Why do Sundew plants need nitrates?

sundrew grow in oligotrophic soil with little nitrates what they can get from their soil they need to supplment with what they catch in order to be able to grow.

nitrates - are used within the plants to synthesis amino acids, proteins and peptides without these the plant would not be able to grow and become stunted. in a natural environment this would prevent it from being able to compete with other plant species resulting in death and local extinction from the environment.

What Christmas plant is a parasite?

Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that is used as a decoration at Christmas. It is mostly popular in English-speaking countries.

What type of genre is The carnivorous carnival?

it is suspense, tragedy, children's fiction, gothic fiction, absurdist fiction, steampunk, mystery, and a novel.

Is saxifrage a carnivorous plant?

No, saxifrage is not a carnivorous plant. It is self-feeding by means of photosynthesis, like most plants.

How does the nepenthes rajah kill its prey?

When an insect such as a fly or bee lands on the 'lips' of the nepenthes, they provide an uneven foothold. Of course the insect could just fly away but the nectaries containing the nectar make the plant smell irresistible to them. The inside 'walls' of the nepenthes are either very sticky or very slippery, so either way, the nepenthes has a high chance of catching its prey. When the insect slips off the wall, reaction time is extremely small and the insect falls in the liquid at the bottom of the nepenthes which may either be thick or thin like water (the nepenthes provides its own liquid so don't put water in the 'cups'). When the insect falls into the liquid, the plants' bacteria start breaking down the insect's exoskeleton and the bottom of the nepenthes sucks in the nutrients of the insect. When the nepenthes in finished with its meal (which may take weeks) all that is left is the carcass of the unfortunate insect.

Why nitrogen is included in mineral nutrient although it is not mineral?

Nitrogen is included in minerals because it is the main constituent of plants b/c in plants it is converted into amino acids and than amino acids are used for different metabolic activities.

How does caching insects enable the sundew to live in its environment?

it gets nutrients from the insects which it could not from the environment.

What gas is given of as waste in a leaf?

Gases are released through the stomata, on the underside of the leaf. There is more than one gas given off by the leaf, however. Carbon Dioxide is given off when the plant performs aerobic respiration; Oxygen and water vapor are given off during photosynthesis; and there are other gases that different plants give off at different times.

What are three ways that a mimosa plant changes to touch or heat?

If a part of it is touched, the leaflets fold along the stem, the stem droops, and a little moisture is released into the atmosphere