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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

ACROSS CLUES DOWN CLUES
1. Bladderwort can suck in their victims because a partial _____________ exists in their bladders. 2. Plants which eat insects
3. The number of species of sundews found in the Pinelands. 4. Most bladderworts have ____________ flowers
6. Prevents insects from crawling up and out of the pitcher leaf. 5. Type of insect eating plant which wraps around its victim
7. Insect eating plant which usually traps its victim under water. 8. Clear, sticky fluid produced by sundews
9. Past tense of is. 10. Pitcher plants grow well in __________ moss
14. Insect eating plants produce_________. 11. Sundew are also called "active _________".
15. Plants get this chemical from insects. 12. Instead of roots, bladderworts have ________.
16. In the Pine Barens, plants ______ insects to obtain chemicals 13. Glands of the leaf of the pitcher plant produce _________________ .
17. In sundews, these surround the victim after it is caught.