The Venus flytrap is a plant native to wetlands on the East Coast of the United States in North Carolina and South Carolina. The scientific name for the Venus Fly Trap is Dionaea Muscipula. It’s one of the most fascinating plants to have ever existed due to its omnivorous nature. Darwin noted, “‘I care more for Drosera than the origin of species ... it is a wonderful plant, or rather a most sagacious animal. I will stick up for Drosera to the day of my death.”
The Venus flytrap reproduces by means of sexual and asexual reproduction. The insectivorous plant undergoes pollination during sexual reproduction, while it asexually reproduces by spreading its rhizomes. Venus Flytraps blossom and produce flowers far beyond the reach of the trapping …show more content…
When the hair (trichomes) is triggered on the trap then the trap closes in a matter of seconds (Forterre). Once the trichome is moved, electrical charges are sent to the center of the trap. It opens pores in the outer layer of the trap’s cells. This allows water to rush from the cells on the inside to the lobes on the outside. This change in cell pressure flips the lobes to snap them shut. Then digestive enzymes are released and the nutrients are absorbed. You can think of the trap as a digestive stomach once it closes. You can identify a Venus flytrap by its hinged lobes. It has a two membranes attached at the end. They also have thorns on them to grab prey (Williams). The inner part of the membrane is …show more content…
Venus flytraps need an open understory (the part of the forest below the canopy) to live as they cannot bear the direct sunlight. And more prey are found in the cool understory for eating. The "snapping" mechanism characteristic of Dionaea is shared with only one other carnivorous plant genus, Aldrovanda vesiculosa. Vesiculosa also goes by the Waterwheel plant. It was once widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. However, it is now listed as endangered. This plant is similar to the Venus flytrap in that, it features similar mechanisms to trap small prey, particularly the Mosquito larvae. Scientific data implies that Dionaea and Aldrovanda snap traps evolved from the flypaper traps of a common ancestor with Drosera (“Venus Flytrap”).
Several experiments were done on Venus flytraps to test what kind of environments they best performed in. Some of the results and experiments done by scientists manipulated sunlight, food, and stimulation of particular
The Venus flytrap reproduces by means of sexual and asexual reproduction. The insectivorous plant undergoes pollination during sexual reproduction, while it asexually reproduces by spreading its rhizomes. Venus Flytraps blossom and produce flowers far beyond the reach of the trapping …show more content…
When the hair (trichomes) is triggered on the trap then the trap closes in a matter of seconds (Forterre). Once the trichome is moved, electrical charges are sent to the center of the trap. It opens pores in the outer layer of the trap’s cells. This allows water to rush from the cells on the inside to the lobes on the outside. This change in cell pressure flips the lobes to snap them shut. Then digestive enzymes are released and the nutrients are absorbed. You can think of the trap as a digestive stomach once it closes. You can identify a Venus flytrap by its hinged lobes. It has a two membranes attached at the end. They also have thorns on them to grab prey (Williams). The inner part of the membrane is …show more content…
Venus flytraps need an open understory (the part of the forest below the canopy) to live as they cannot bear the direct sunlight. And more prey are found in the cool understory for eating. The "snapping" mechanism characteristic of Dionaea is shared with only one other carnivorous plant genus, Aldrovanda vesiculosa. Vesiculosa also goes by the Waterwheel plant. It was once widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. However, it is now listed as endangered. This plant is similar to the Venus flytrap in that, it features similar mechanisms to trap small prey, particularly the Mosquito larvae. Scientific data implies that Dionaea and Aldrovanda snap traps evolved from the flypaper traps of a common ancestor with Drosera (“Venus Flytrap”).
Several experiments were done on Venus flytraps to test what kind of environments they best performed in. Some of the results and experiments done by scientists manipulated sunlight, food, and stimulation of particular