Carnivorous Plants

Kids are often fascinated by carnivorous plants since the plants have an appetite for insects. This interesting behavior is actually an adaptation that allows them to thrive in less-than-ideal settings. The insects that the plants digest provide necessary nutrients that aren't available in the soil. If you give them the right care, you can even grown carnivorous plants at home!

UF/IFAS Sites

• Carnivorous Plants
• Native Aquatic and Wetland Plants in Florida: An Introduction
• Native Plants

UF/IFAS Publications

• 50 Native Plants Important in Florida's Ethnobotanical History
• Carnivorous Bromeliads
• Carnivorous Plants
• Creating Wildlife Habitat with Native Florida Freshwater Wetland Plants
• Drosera capillaris--Pink Sundew
• Sarracenia minor--Hooded Pitcher Plant
• White Top Pitcher Plant

Other Sites

• Carnivorous Plants--The Botanical Society of America
• Florida Native Plant Society
• Florida's Pitcher Plants--Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• FloridaYards.org
• North American Carnivorous Plants Fact Sheet--Flora of North America Association
• Pitcher Plant--Florida FWC
• Venus' Flytrap: A Plant Which Eats Insects--FDACS