Record #:

24710

Author(s):

Morton, Hugh

Abstract:

The carnivorous Venus Fly-trap (Dioaea Muscipula) is a delicate and shallow-rooting plant that is found in moist pine barrens within forty miles of Wilmington, North Carolina. The plants are headed towards extinction; this article discusses why and how some people hope to save the plants.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 40, March 1952, p12-13, il

Subject(s):

Venus flytrap; Venus flytrap