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Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

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Venus fly trap is South Carolina's official carnivorous plant. Supporters say it's about protecting and increasing awareness of an interesting species. The plant is found only in the upper part of the South Carolina coast and a small sliver of southeast North Carolina. The bill still has to get through the full Senate Family and Veterans Affairs Committee.

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Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant. Supporters say honoring the Venus fly trap isn’t about one extra thing students see on

1 year ago·United States

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Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant. Supporters say honoring the Venus fly trap isn’t about one extra thing students see on an elementary school worksheet. Instead, it’s to protect and increase awareness of an interesting species found only in the upper part of the South Carolina coast and a small sliver of southeast North…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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Winnipeg Free Press

Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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The Toronto Star

Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conservationists are pushing for the Venus fly trap to be South Carolina’s official carnivorous plant, joining other official it...

1 year ago·Toronto, Canada

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MY Northwest

Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conservationists are pushing for the Venus fly trap to be South Carolina’s official carnivorous plant, joining other official items such as the state bird (Carolina Wren), state opera (Porgy and Bess) and the state snack (boiled peanuts). In all, South Carolina has about five dozen official state things. There are already five different plants including yellow jasmine, which is the official flower, to the official fruit — t…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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Snap! Venus fly trap fans ask South Carolina to honor plant

Conservationists are pushing for the Venus fly trap to be South Carolina's official carnivorous plant, joining other official items such as the state bird (Carolina Wren), state opera (Porgy and Bess) and the state snack (boiled peanuts).In all, South Carolina has about five dozen official state things. There are already five different plants including yellow jasmine, which is the official flower, to the official fruit — the peach — to Indian Gr…

1 year ago·Miami, United States

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