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Carnivorous Plants in the Wilderness
by Makoto Honda



 
Preface

  Introduction

 
  Pitcher Plants 
 
  Cobra Plant  
 
  Sundews   
 
  Venus Flytrap  
 
  Butterworts   
 
  Bladderworts    

  References
 
 Phylogeny
 
Classification
 
List of Species
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Pitcher Plants


GENUS Sarracenia


FAMILY Sarraceniaceae
 

DESCRIPTION     PHOTOGRAPHY    ILLUSTRATION    WORLD MAP
 

 

There are eight species of eastern North American pitcher plants all occurring in the Atlantic coastal regions of North America. Of these, seven species are confined to the southeastern part of the United States where they typically inhabit wet, sandy areas in the pineland, sometimes localized and rather isolated, but often with two or more species sharing the same habitat. This often results in various hybridization. One species extends its distribution all the way northward deep into a large part of eastern Canada...... Click Description for more.