Carnivorous Plants in NE

[saltee]

Does anybody know if there are any carnivorous plants indiginous to Nebraska? If there is, does anybody know how I could get one?

[kchace1]

I would love to know this also. I've read that the common teasel may have some attributes to being carnivorous. But that's not the type i have in mind. I'd like to find out about a more "traditional" looking carnivorous plant, not a weed in my eyes (although the teasel works well in a dried arrangement). Saltee, what part of NE are you from? I'm in the SE, straight south of Lincoln, by the Kan. boarder.

[Clint]

If you take from the wild, make sure you have permission from the land owner. That said, I suggest you take only pictures and leave only footprints, since the plants from Nebraska (Most plants for that matter) are easily obtained online.

PS: Thread moved to News from the Field, North America. I had a hard time figuring out where this went, too.

[ICPS-bob]

AFAIK, only 2 carnivorous plants are indigenous to Nebraska: Utricularia macrorhiza and U. minor.
plants.usda.gov/checklist.html

Utricularia minor can be found in Nebraska at the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest.
www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/utriculariaminor.pdf

[kchace1]

Thanks, i find that interesting! Never thought NE had any.

[saltee]

Thats nice! I also didn't know NE had any- I think i'll try to get some. I won't take any from wild populations, though- I only accept captive propogated life.