Posts tagged Sarracenia

"It was previously thought only tropical pitcher plants ate vertebrates. However, in the new paper published in the journal…

botany, carnivorous-plants, ecology, Sarracenia, CA, Algonquin, 2019

Salamanders as rich prey for carnivorous plants in a nutrient‐poor northern bog ecosystem

“It was previously thought only tropical pitcher plants ate vertebrates. However, in the new paper published in the journal Ecology, biologists at the University of Guelph in Ontario describe finding Sarracenia pitcher plants in Algonquin Provincial Park that devour vertebrates, specifically salamanders.”

via https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ecy.2770