Plants and Animals

How does a bladderwort feed?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/does-bladderwort-feed-81942.html" >How does a bladderwort feed?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Small animals are caught and digested in bladderlike organs of the finely divided submerged leaves.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about bladderwort . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: What function is served by the bladderlike structures of a bladderwort? Is the bladderwort a carnivorous plant? How does a bladderwort capture its prey? How does a bladderwort digest its prey? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Springtime tonic Springtime tonic.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) ...fishing now they have chicks to feed. Fish are easy for herons...a net over the pond but it does look horrible. You can try...several years. Or there's bladderwort ( Utricularia). That's...s no need to worry about bladderwort taking your fish fry and tadpoles...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.