Venus flytrap
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| domain | Eukaryota | The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant of the wetlands of North and South Carolina. It catches insects and spiders with a trapping structure formed at the end of the leaf, which is triggered by tiny hairs on the inner surface. When the prey crawling along the trap contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within 20 seconds. The triggering requirement is a safeguard against wasting energy by trapping objects such as raindrops with no nutritional value. When the trap is sealed, glands release digestive enzymes. Carnvinory is an adaptation of plants that grow in nutrient-poor soil, such as bogs.
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| kingdom | Plantae | |
| (unranked) | Angiosperms | |
| (unranked) | Eudicots | |
| order | Caryophyllales | |
| family | Droseraceae | |
| genus | Dionaea | |
| species | D. muscipula |
