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The Carnivorous Plant FAQ v.8.1

http://www.sarracenia.com/faq.html

Answers to both general and plant specific questions, links to other sites, information on growing your own plants, and more are available at this site from The International Carnivorous Plant Society.

 

Carnivorous Plant Database

http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi

The searchable database includes links to illustrations and photographs.

 

Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts Web Site Of Knowledge Launch Pad

http://www.paonline.com/mrmiller/

Growing and other information is provided at this data-rich page.

 

Carnivorous Plants

http://www.rdrop.com/users/mvz/plants.htm

Information on individual species and a cultivation guide are highlights of this site.

 

Carnivorous Plants and Their Habitats

http://www.schwaben.de/home/schmidt/nepenthes/cpframes.html

Carnivorous plants shown in their natural habitat. Includes pictures and a brief description of habitat.

 

Carnivorous Plants – Teacher Background Information

http://www.state.nj.us/pinelands/pinecur/tcp78.htm

Brief descriptions of the major groups of carnivorous plants are provided.

 

Carnivorous Plants – Your First Bog Garden

http://www.i5ive.com/article.cfm/enabling_garden/2778

This commercial site provides information on caring for your bog garden.

 

Dictionary of Carnivorous Plant Names

http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/cpdict.htm

Etymological derivations and meanings are provided in standard alphabetical dictionary format.

 

Ecological and Bacteriological Notes on Pitcher Plants and Certain Other Carnivorous Plants

http://www.splammo.net/ppproj/index.html

Most of the information at this site is from John Lindquist’s 1975 thesis on carnivorous plants.

 

International Carnivorous Plants Society

http://www.carnivorousplants.org/

The official home page for the society offers access to an FAQ, news, and more.

 

The Mysterious Venus Fly Trap

http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/carn.html

Short information about growing your own Venus flytrap is offered.

 

Plants that Eat Things

http://etc.sccoe.org/i2000/1eatplnt.html

The lesson plan here is geared towards second and third graders, but the material can be adapted for older students.

 

Plants that Kill

http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/wild_lives/california_carnivores_051301.htm

The Academy’s Science Now featured information on California carnivorous plants.  Access to the article is found through the above link.

 

Welcome to Carnivorous Kingdom

http://www.carnivorous-kingdom.com/

Growing information from someone who does it professionally is provided in an easy to understand manner.

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BOOKS

Bix, Cynthia Overbeck.  Carnivorous Plants. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co., 1982. Biodiv Juv QK917 .O9413 1982.

 

D'Amato, Peter.  The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants.  Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, c1998.  Main SB432.7 .D36 1998.

 

Darwin, Charles.  Insectivorous Plants.  New York, NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1896.  Bot QH365 .A1 1896 v.8.

 

Kneidel, Sally. Skunk Cabbage, Sundew Plants, & Strangler Figs: And 18 More of the Strangest Plants on Earth. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001. Biodiv Juv QK49 .K59 2001.

 

Lecoufle, Marcel.  Carnivorous Plants: Care and Cultivation. London: Cassell; New York, NY: Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. Co., 1993, c1990.  Bot SB432.7 .L4313 1993.

 

Leisman, Gilbert A.  Carnivorous Plants. Emporia, KA: Emporia State University, 1984.  Main Serials QH51 .K36 v.30:4.

 

Lloyd, Francis Ernest.  The Carnivorous Plants.  Waltham, MA: Chronica Botanica Company, 1942.  Bot QK917 .L59.

 

Phillips, Anthea.  Pitcher-Plants of Borneo. Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 1996.  Bot QK495.N35 P48 1996.

 

Schnell, Donald E.  Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada.  Winston-Salem, NC: J. F. Blair, c1976.  Bot QK917 .S36.

 

Slack, Adrian.  Carnivorous Plants.  Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1980, c1979.  Bot QK917 .S58 1980.

 

Slack, Adrian.  Insect-Eating Plants and How to Grow Them. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1988, c1986.  Bot SB432.7 .S58 1988.

 

Torrey, John.  On the Darlingtonia californica, a New Pitcher-Plant from Northern California.  Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1853.  Bot QK495 .S24 T67.

 

Walcott, Mary Vaux. Illustrations of North American Pitcherplants.  Washington, D.C.:  The Smithsonian Institution, 1935.  Bot Folio QK495 .S24 W34.

 

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All materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, or Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.

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