US EditionInsect-eating Venus flytraps thrive in the Carolinas as hikers peek into their native ecosystem
- Park ranger Jesse Anderson leads weekly hikes at Carolina Beach State Park to show hikers Venus flytraps and other carnivorous plants.
- These hikes highlight Venus flytraps because they grow only in 12 counties near Wilmington, North Carolina, and some places in South Carolina.
- Venus flytraps bloom from mid-May to mid-June, grow in nutrient-poor soils needing moist but not drenched conditions, and capture insects with snapping leaves without harming other animals.
- Anderson explained that once an insect is trapped, it ultimately serves as nourishment for the plant, and he advised against giving the plants hamburger meat because it is not their natural food and wastes energy.
- The flytraps face threats from poachers and development, leading to legal protection, but most survive in preserves despite habitat loss in fast-growing regions.
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Insect-eating Venus flytraps thrive in the Carolinas as hikers peek into their native ecosystem
Some of the most unique living things in the world — plants that supplement the nutrients they get from sunlight by digesting ants, flies and spiders — are only found in a small part of North and South Carolina.
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