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- Meat-eating plants in Germany
- Which types of carnivores are native to Germany?
- This is how sundew and butterwort catch insects
- Native carnivorous plants are hardy
- Meat-eating species in Germany are protected
- Tips
The sundew grows well in humid areas in Germany
Meat-eating plants in Germany
Meat-eating plants are available all over the world. In Germany, some species of the genus also known carnivores are represented. Most varieties grow in wetlands, especially in moors. But there are also species that are native to the mountains.
Which types of carnivores are native to Germany?
In Germany there are five types of carnivores. It refers to:
There are deposits in the nature reserves in Baden-Württemberg, in Lower Saxony East Frisia, in Schleswig-Holstein and at the Mecklenburg Lake District. Here are mainly sundew species, some fatty herbs and water hoses found.
Basically it can be said that sundew prefers moorland, while fatty herbs and water traps are more likely to be found in the mountains.
This is how sundew and butterwort catch insects
The plants form catches, which are coated with a sticky liquid. When sundew fall on small spines. The leaves turn red after variety and attract smaller insects such as mosquitoes, which stick to the leaves.
The plants then secrete a secretion that triggers and digests the nutrients from the prey. Only chitin shell and insect legs remain. They are removed by the wind.
This additional form of nutrition is necessary because carnivorous plants only occur in very nutrient-poor locations.
Native carnivorous plants are hardy
All species are hardy. They often form back in the fall and do not drive out until the following spring.
In the garden, all kinds of carnivorous plants in the moorland can be kept outside year-round.
If local varieties are grown in the house, they must be winterized cool.
Meat-eating species in Germany are protected
Meat-eating plants depend on the conditions of their locations. As a result of increasing development, the removal of bogs and other changed environmental conditions, carnivorous plants are becoming increasingly rare in Germany. They were therefore placed under nature protection.
In the wild you must therefore not dig out, cut off or pick fleshfrese plants.
Tips
The variety of carnivorous plants is huge. So far, about 700 different species from different genera are known. Many of the house plants that are cultivated here come from tropical, subtropical regions or rainforests.