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pitcher plant
pitcher plant Any of several species of
insectivorous plant of the tropics and sub-tropics. It traps insects in its vase-shaped leaves, which are lined with bristles. Trapped insects decompose and are absorbed as nutrients by plant cells. The flower is usually red. Height: 20–61cm (8–24in). Family Sarraceniacea; genera Sarracenia and Nepenthes.
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Red-spotted Newts: An Unusual Nutrient Source for Northern Pitcher Plants
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and slugs dominate pitcher-plant prey, but the relative...frogs sit atop the pitchers and capture insects...the insects enter the pitchers (Jones 1935). Here...trapped within northern pitcher plants in a north-central...
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Spatial Distribution and Impacts of Moth Herbivory on Northern Pitcher Plants
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...purpurea (northern pitcher plant). We studied the relationship...herbivory on subsequent plant size at Harvard Pond in central Massachusetts. Plants fed upon by E. fax...to feed upon larger plants and that herbivory would lead to reduced plant size the following year...purpurea The ...
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Stalking the green meat eaters: why ecologists love these toothless predators.(pitcher plants)
Magazine article from: Science News; 10/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...study subjects: meat-eating pitcher plants. They absorb nutrients...out onto them and admire the plants at will. Gotelli's visiting...communities. He says that pitcher plants make good organisms for studying...levels. Bogs hosting pitcher plants offer nicely isolated ...
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Tropical pitcher plants gobble up insects
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/7/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...relationships the plant has with the species...tropical pitcher plants have been known...the life of the pitcher. Pitchers are found on very...colonizers, the first plants found growing where...the canopy. The plants attract prey through...produced all over the plant. ...
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Exotic pitcher plants
Magazine article from: Southern Living; 4/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...says. FEED ME The tubular pitchers, marked with colorful veins...frills, and nectar of the pitchers. it all goes hand in hand...CONTAINED Best viewed up close, pitcher plants are perfectly suited to dish...with a saucer underneath. Plant in half peat moss and half...help retain moisture. ...
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Pitcher Plants of the Americas.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Bromeliad Society; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the plight of some American pitcher plants, especially sarracenia. A long passage from carnivorous plant documenter Jim Miller, who...of Venezuela, carnivorous plants of the world, and pitcher...old son, a keen carnivorous plant enthusiast in his own right...
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McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher Plants of the Americas.(book)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Florida Entomologist; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...identification of these pitcher plants without using botanical...does much more. Each pitcher of a pitcher plant is a modified leaf...digestive fluid in the pitchers of a few of them...literature on Sarracenia pitcher plants is quite extensive...
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Charles Clarke and Ch'ien Lee, 2004, Pitcher Plants of Sarawak.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Borneo Research Bulletin; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...ien Lee, 2004, Pitcher Plants of Sarawak. Kota Kinabalu...091-X, 81 pp. Pitcher plants are of particular interest...s book on this fascinating plant family maintains the high...interest for fans of pitcher plants, or Nepenthes, as it holds...illustrating the wide variation in ...
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Slippery trap.(PHYSICAL/FRICTION)(pitcher plants)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Science World; 3/31/2008; ; 575 words
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Most plants get all the nutrients they...soil. But not carnivorous pitcher plants; these meat-eaters capture...animals that fall into the plants' liquid-filled, bowl-shape leaves. Then, the plant digests them. New research...
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Pitcher Plants of the Americas
Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2007; ; 328 words
; Pitcher Plants of the Americas. Stewart...0939923742. Covers the pitcher plants of North, Central, and South...Includes both true pitcher plants and the bromeliad pitcher plants, both of which are carnivorous...concise overview of carnivorous plant groups of the ...
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pitcher plants
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
pitcher plants See NEPENTHACEAE .
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pitcher plant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...families of pitcher plants. The American...genera of bog plants, Sarracenia...The common pitcher plant, or side-saddle...showy pendent pitchers. The Australian pitcher plant ( Cephalotus...insectivorous plants include the bladderwort...
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pitcher
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...holding and pouring liquids. ∎ the contents of such a container: a pitcher of water. ∎ the modified leaf of a pitcher plant. DERIVATIVES: pitch·er·ful / -ˌfoŏl / n...
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Carnivorous Plants
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...derived from carnivory helps the plants grow faster and produce more seeds, thus allowing the plants to survive better and spread...In general, carnivorous plants grow in poor soils where nitrogen...lacking. MAJOR CARNIVOROUS PLANT GROUPS Genus Common Name Number...Distribution Sarracenia Trumpet ...
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carnivorous plant
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
carnivorous plant ( insectivorous plant ) Any plant that supplements its supply...especially insects. Such plants are adapted in various ways...secrete a sticky substance, and pitcher plants (families Nepenthaceae...have leaves modified as pitchers into which insects fall...
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