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Native Plant Trust: Go Botany

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Identify over 3,000 New England plants by using either our multiple-access Full Key or our Dichotomous Key to families, genera, and species. Also learn about subspecies and varieties native to our region.

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Sarracenia purpurea

Plant of the day: Sarracenia purpureapurple pitcherplant

The purple pitcherplant is the only pitcherplant native to New England. Carnivory helps it to thrive in the low-nitrogen environment of peat bogs. Insects are attracted into the lurid red or purple pitchers, and are then prevented from getting out by downward-pointing hairs ...

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