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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

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Also Known As true fern • Filicophyta • Polypodiopsida

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Observe how the sporophytic fern appears to unfurl upward as it grows from its rhizome
Why do ferns prefer the shade?
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Douglas Campbell
Douglas Houghton Campbell
American botanist
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sir William Jackson Hooker
British botanist
Frederick Orpen Bower, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Orpen; in the University of Glasgow Art Collections
Frederick Orpen Bower
English botanist

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap
Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous