Some plants (e.g. Dionaea muscipula) use sodium-gated channels to operate plant movements and "count" stimulation events to determine if a threshold for movement is met. Dionaea muscipula, also known as the Venus flytrap, is found in subtropical wetlands in North and South Carolina. When there are poor soil nutrients, the flytrap relies on a diet of insects and animals. Despite research on the plant, there lacks an understanding behind the molecular basis to the Venus flytraps, and carnivore plants in general.
some plants (eg dionaea muscipula) use sodium-gated channels to operate plant movements and "count" stimulation events to determine if a threshold for movement is met dionaea muscipula also known as the venus flytrap is found in subtropical wetlands in north and south carolina when there are poor soil nutrients the flytrap relies on a diet of insects and animals despite research on the plant there lacks an understanding behind the molecular basis to the venus flytraps and carnivore plants in general