Can we say that Insectivorous Plants are partial heterotrophs?

Insectivorous plants like pitcher plant and venus-fly-trap are green and carry out photosynthesis to obtain a part of the food

required by them, but they lack some of the vital nutrients such as nitrogen since they grow in nitrogen-deficient soil.

So, to recompense these nutrients they trap and eat some insects and thus they are said to be partial heterotrophs.

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Updated on: 26-Apr-2023

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