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carnivorous plants

a carnivorous plant is a plant that obtains part or most of their nutritional needs by capturing and
animal consumption, usually insects . These plants grow back in places where the soil is poor, as:
acidic marshy lands and rocky cliffs .These include about 630 species that attract and trap to their
prey.
kinds of carnivorous plants:
pinzas: the venus flytrap mechanism; the insect is attracted by a sweet nectar, lands on the leaf and
closes automatically when slashing.once digested the insect, the leaf falls from its original stem,
giving rise to a new a carnivorous plant is a plant that gets most of its nutritional needs medianten
leaf.
sticky hairs: when an insect lands on the leaf, is trapped in the sticky hairs; it can take from a minute
to hours, enclose and pass between 7 to 14 days until the tentacles close again.
Sarracenias: attract their prey with an intoxicating nectar secreting from the edges of the tube, once
inside slides to the bottom, a pool where enzymes break down will take care of the insect and convert
it into food.
Pinguiculas: produce buds resistant to cold in winter they feed on small insects, they are unable to
retain a big prey.. when the insect is retained, the plant secretes throughout the upper leaf surface
generate more glue and other digestive acid.
cucuruchos: have a receptacle where insects fall out and when they want to leave, can not because
of some hairs invested, which fall exhausted at the bottom of the trap and drown in the digestive fluid.
crop: most live in swamps and other, generally in tropical regions, and therefore require a high
degree of humidity. many species are native to cold regions, so that will grown in a wet garden
throughout the year. these plants are prone to pest infestations; but although insect pests can be a
problem of the largest carnivorous murderer is gray mold.

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