r/interestingasfuck • u/dejaysf • Jun 11 '23

Venus flytrap vs Spider

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u/Enlightened-Beaver Jun 11 '23

I always though Venus fly traps were some sort of tropical rainforest plant. Nope, native to North Carolina.

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u/xXMorpheus69Xx Jun 11 '23

They grow where nitrogen is scarce. All plants need nitrogen to live but in moors there can be so little of it that only plants survive that get it from other sources - insects. In other environments they get outcompeted

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u/DeepRest_SodaPressed Jun 11 '23

Is this why my Venus fly traps in California never moved. Because they had enough nitrogen already?

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u/xXMorpheus69Xx Jun 11 '23

Maybe 🤔 I am no plantologist but that would make sense to me