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The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States. [4] Although various modern hybrids have been created in cultivation, D. muscipula is the only species of the monotypic genus Dionaea.
The Venus flytrap is one of a very small group of plants that are capable of rapid movement. Rapid plant movement encompasses movement in plant structures occurring over a very short period, usually under one second. For example, the Venus flytrap closes its trap in about 100 milliseconds. [1] The traps of Utricularia are much faster, closing ...
Typical variety of the Venus flytrap. 'B52' produces some of the largest traps of any cultivar. The 'Dentate' cultivar. Dionaea muscipula 'Akai Ryu', Japanese for 'Red Dragon'. Venus flytraps are by far the most commonly recognized and cultivated carnivorous plant. They are sold as houseplants and are often found at florists, hardware stores ...
Green Swamp (North Carolina) The Green Swamp is a swamp that lies in Brunswick and Columbus counties in North Carolina. The 15,907-acre (6,437 ha) swamp was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974. [1] The carnivorous plant known as the Venus flytrap is found within this swamp, and it is important for other unique and endangered species.
The Venus flytrap can count to two and five in order to trap and then digest its prey. [1] [2] The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches its prey with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves, which is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. A Venus flytrap's reactions can occur due ...
Fire ants are several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis, which includes over 200 species. Solenopsis are stinging ants, and most of their common names reflect this, for example, ginger ants and tropical fire ants. Many of the names shared by this genus are often used interchangeably to refer to other species of ant, such as the term red ...
Drosera falconeri superficially resembles the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). [2] [3] In a review of the research on the evolution of the Venus flytrap from sticky-leaved ancestors, botanists Thomas Gibson and Donald Waller use D. falconeri as an example of a sticky-leaved species that shares many characteristics with the Venus flytrap, such as a wide petiole and lamina, and faces the same ...
Biomimetics or biomimicry is the emulation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems. [2][3][4] The terms "biomimetics" and "biomimicry" are derived from Ancient Greek: βίος (bios), life, and μίμησις (mīmēsis), imitation, from μιμεῖσθαι (mīmeisthai), to imitate, from ...