Pitcher plants at Pocosin Lakes
Published 8:45 pm Wednesday, August 17, 2016
- (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Portions of Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge provide the “right stuff” on which pitcher plants can grow. The pitcher plants in this photo are just one species of more than 700 unique plants on earth that are carnivorous. The plant traps insects that slip down its long-tubed stem. Liquid enzymes and bacteria help dissolve the bug into nutrients that become plant food.