by Rich Leighton | Aug 27, 2018 | Carnivorous Plants, Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Nature & Wildlife
The Venus flytrap is a small carnivorous plant. The trap at the end of a leaf snaps closed on its prey, usually an insect, when sensitive hairs inside the trap have been triggered twice within 20 seconds. This way the plant does not waste energy on non-food objects....
by Rich Leighton | Aug 2, 2018 | Interesting Nature Facts, Melanthiaceae, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Wildflowers
Trilliums use ants for seed dispersal. Ants are attracted to the elaiosomes (external “food bodies”) on the seeds and collect them and transport them away from the parent plant. MORE PHOTOS OF TRILLIUMS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature...
by Rich Leighton | May 29, 2018 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
Often mistaken for orchids or “weird mushrooms,” Indian pipes are actually plants in the heath family. Lacking chlorophyll and a means to produce their own food like most plants, they form a symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizal fungi in the soil that helps them...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 5, 2017 | Florida, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
The American strawberry bush – also known by many other names such as the “hearts-a-bustin” and “hearts-bustin’-with-love”, is a native member of the bittersweet family is one of those oddly beautiful plants you find sometimes in...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 20, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington, Wildflowers
Quick post for today. As I was going through our lily gallery images while getting things ready for our new upcoming North American Nature Photography website relaunch, I found four images of the really cool meadow death camas from last spring that I shot, edited and...
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