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carnivorous plants

plants which obtain at least some of their nutrients by trapping small animals, usually insects. In the UK such plants often grow in boggy places where nitrogen is difficult to obtain, extra nitrogen being extracted from the bodies of captured prey. The sundew Drosera and the bladderwort Utricularia are the commonest British carnivorous plants and are protected species.
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Food composition of aquatic bladderworts (Utricularia, Lentibulariaceae) in various habitats.
Captura y selectividad del zooplancton por Utricularia foliosa (Lentibulariaceae) en la Cienaga de Paredes, Santander, Colombia
The biomechanics of fast prey capture in aquatic bladderworts.
Carnivorous plant invades U.S
This surprisingly rich history of duplication, paired with the current small size of the bladderwort genome, is further evidence that the plant has been prolific at deleting nonessential DNA, but at the same time maintaining a functional set of genes similar to those of other plant species" says Herrera-Estrella.
Carnivorous Plant Throws Out 'Junk' DNA
The scientists said that it seems that the plant has been busy deleting noncoding "junk" DNA from its genetic material over many generations, which may explain differences between bladderworts and junk-heavy species like corn and tobacco - and humans.
'Junk' DNA may not be needed for building of complex life
The new study and its bladderwort movies give them a chance to see the trap in action, and to see that the prediction was correct, Victor Albert told Science News.
Carnivorous plants say 'cheese'
Unexpectedly, at the lowest nitrogen level, trapping of Euglena depressed plant growth, apparently because it competed with the bladderwort for nitrogen under these conditions -- the prey here acting as a parasite.
Feed the plant meat
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WESTMINSTER - Milfoil, bladderwort and fanwort - aquatic weeds with names that sound as if they come straight out of the Harry Potter series - are nuisances that people living on Wyman Pond have spent many thousands of dollars over the past five years to try to get rid of.
Neighbors fight invasions of both plants and humans; Lake's barricades help discourage unwanted visitors
Laboratory evaluation of the bladderwort plant Utricularia vulgaris (Lentibulariaceae), as a predator of late instar Culex pipiens and assessment of its biocontrol potential.
Prey composition in the carnivorous plants Utricularia inflata and U. gibba (Lentibulariaceae) from Paria Peninsula, Venezuela
During the study period, even very shallow open-water areas of Moccasin Pond supported dense stands of submergent plants, mainly bladderwort (Utricularia spp.
Vegetation relationships to water gradient in a constructed freshwater wetland near Brazoria, Texas
Here in Minnesota, I encounter species not found in south Georgia, though many ubiquitous species exist nearly nationwide: white and yellow water lilies, Eurasian milfoil, coontail, pondweeds, water shield (dollar bonnets), bladderwort, and more.
Vegetation vantages for bass
The high-speed cameras show that, at least in three bladderwort species, the traps spring using an elastic buckle.
Exposing secrets of bladderworts: tiny carnivorous plants trap their prey with super speed

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