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Solanum carolinense, the Carolina horsenettle, [2] is not a true nettle, but a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southeastern United States, though its range has expanded throughout much of temperate North America. [3] The plant is an invasive in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and ...
The North Mills River in North Carolina. North Carolina's geography is usually divided into three biomes: Coastal, Piedmont, and the Appalachian Mountains. North Carolina is the most ecologically unique state in the southeast because its borders contain sub-tropical, temperate, and boreal habitats.
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 first word in its scientific name, Phytolacca americana, comes from the Greek words phyton ('plant') and lacca —the scarlet dye secreted by the Kerria lacca scale insect. The second denotes this plant as native to America. The common name "poke" is derived from puccoon, pocan, or poughkone (from an Algonquin name for the plant). [8]
An upper pitcher of Nepenthes lowii, a tropical pitcher plant that supplements its carnivorous diet with tree shrew droppings. [1] [2] [3]Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds.
The bugs won’t hurt you but they are serious about eating fruit trees, corn, garden vegetables and some ornamental plants. The adults gravitate to fruit, younger bugs also like leaves and stems.
Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae.They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment.
The insect has been a significant pest in South Carolina, feeding on a wide range of plants, including fruit trees, vegetables and ornamental varieties. They also like to invade homes during the ...