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Pitcher Plants
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants with a deep cavity that resembles a drinking pitcher. The cavity contains liquid that insects and small animals fall into, and are then digested.
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What are some adaptations of a Pitcher Plant?
1. The pitcher shape to trap insects inside. 2. The aroma to attract insects. 3. Hair growing downward to stop insects from escaping. 4. Using insects as a source of nitrogen in an environment low in nitrogen.
What is the use of the pitcher on the pitcher plant?
to trap an insect in the pitcher and digest it.
so it can have nutrients.
Why does a pitcher plant feed on insects although it is green?
pitcher plants are grows in soil which does not have much nitrogen in soluble form. they trap insect because they have nitrogen in their bodies.
Why are flowering plants so successful?
Flowering plants are so successful because they have adaptations that allow them to live on land. Real adaptation examples: Retain moisture, trasnport water and other resources between plant parts, grow upright, and reproduce withouht free-standing water.
How is the Venus Flytrap and Pitcher plant similar?
Yes, it could be described as a Flytrap plant however it would be best calling it a 'Carnivorous Plant'. It also traps several other small insects.
What is the height of the pitcher plant?
Some types of pitcher plants can grow as tall as three feet. The average pitcher plant reaches heights of eight inches.
Is a pitcher plant a carnivore?
Yes, however some species and even some genus are under speculation as to whether they do or do not use their own digestive enzymes in the process of digestion. But for the most part, yes, they are carnivorous. Some may even be able to digest vegetable matter through their traps.
How does a pitcher plant catch insect?
By the smell of rotting flesh or other insects that have allready fallen into the flower and cannot crawl out of the juice in the bottom of the pitcher; due to the slippery sides of the vessel.
Why does pitcher-plant feeds on insects though it is green?
The green colour in plants is due to the presence of chlorophyll which is used to combine water and Carbon dioxide to form sugars, plants use these sugars to supply energy but plants need many trace elements such as magnesium, manganese, potassium etc to make complex plant alkaloids and organic compounds.
They usually obtain these minerals directly from the soil but most insectivorous plants grow in waterlogged soil from which the nutrients have been leached away by the water. They have therefore evolved an alternative way of gaining the nutrients that they require.
Is pitcher plant do photosynthesis?
pitcher plants can photosynthesis, any green part of a plant can photosynthesis. pitcherplants though cannot photosynthesis enough to survive and have adapted to digest small organosms instead.
How do venus-flytrap and pitcher plant get there energy?
The pitcher plant lacks nitrogen. In order to get nitrogen it catches the insect & digest its protein in an acid solution. The plant can then absorb the nitrogen compounds it needs to make its own compounds.
What are the adaptations of a pitcher plant?
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants. They grow in bogs and poor soil, so they need insects to make up for the nutrients that they miss from the soil.
Are the Venus Flytrap and the Pitcher plant homologous or analogous?
Neither really. Or both. It depends on the level of organization you are talking about.
So... they are both made out of modified leaves, but they function totally differently. You could just as easily add in a maple leaf and say they are all homologous. Yes, they both catch insects, but in such different ways, it doesn't seem right to use that UNLESS you are talking about microscopic features relating to digestion.
Analogous means that they look/function similarly, but the structures that are being compared don't share an evolutionary history. Again, it depends on what level of organization you are talking about. There are different genera of plants that make pitchers, some are monocots and others are dicots. The leaves of monocots are pretty distinct, so do they count as the same structure?
Is the Pitcher Plant endangered or extinct?
Pitcher Plants are usually found in bogs, but many bogs are disappearing. People shouldn't be so poop all the time...they should make more bogs and keep the plants alive.
How do pitcher plants reproduce?
Sarraceniaceae and Nepenthaceae are the two largest families of carnivorous pitcher plants, which capture prey in liquid-filled cavities. Both families reproduce sexually, though Sarraceniaceae can also reproduce asexually from rhizomes
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So basically the pitch plant captures the prey(anything flying around!) in the place where they reproduce. And everything else is pretty clear
