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    SUCK STICK DRIP HOW MEAT-EATING PLANTS ARE TAKING BACK THE BOGS

    Dec 17, 2020 5 minutes
    Report by James Agyepong-Parsons

    Meat-eating plants may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but these organisms have as much a place in the British countryside as the common daisy. In fact, we have 13 species of carnivorous plant – belonging to the sundew, bladderwort and butterwort genera – that make their home in the boggy climes of our country.

    But, while these interesting little plants are faring reasonably well in the more rugged landscapes of Scotland, Ireland and parts of Wales, in England, they’re in trouble. Over the past 150 years, intensive agriculture has wiped out virtually all (95 per cent) of their habitat, pushing them to the brink of extinction across most of the country.

    Back for good?

    It’s not all bad news, though. Thanks to the efforts of ecologist Joshua Styles, three species, at least, have made a comeback in the north-west, and are once again

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