Chapter 1
The math-loving monster
Chapter 2
The Carolina homebody
Chapter 3
Keeping love and lunch separate
Chapter 4
The dirty-minded botanists
Chapter 5
The underground botanical heist
YOUR GOAL
Master of Inside the secret jaws of the Venus flytrap
Ch 2 · The Carolina homebody
alicecooks Venus Flytrap
Only near Wilmington! Only near Wilmington! I only grow wild in this one little zone!
alicecooks Venus flytraps rely on regular wildfires to clear out competing forest growth.
Fun Fact
Carolina exclusive: The Venus flytrap is so rare that it only grows wild in a tiny coastal strip of North and South Carolina.
Glossary
endemic (adjective)
Native and restricted to a specific geographic region. The carnivorous plant grows naturally only within a 75-mile radius of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Native and restricted to a specific geographic region. The carnivorous plant grows naturally only within a 75-mile radius of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Quiz
Wild Venus flytraps are native to a 60-mile radius around which North Carolina city?
Quiz
What natural ecological event do wild Venus flytraps rely on to clear competing plants?