Friday, September 12, 2008

plants too!!!


ENDANGERED PLANTS:
• VENUS FLYTRAPS are insectivorous plants. They feed on insects for proteinous nutrition. Insects are trapped when the two lobes of the leaf snap shut.
• SILVERSWORDS are gorgeous plants. They live on the volcanic islands of Hawaii. They are threatened by introduced goats.
• KNOWLTON CACTI are among the world’s rarest cacti. Their unique feature is that cactus shrinks back into the ground for part of the year.
• NEW ZEALAND brush lilies are eaten by introduced possums.
• DAWN REDWOODS were thought to have been destroyed totally. They have been rediscovered in China.

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