Do carnivorous plants digest anything larger than insects?
In the wild, pitcher plants have been found to contain larger insects (e.g. cockroaches, centipedes) but also scorpions, small mammals and reptiles. What parts of plants produce oxygen? Oxygen is produced in the leaves of plants, and also in other green areas of plants exposed to sunlight. What makes a herb a herb? The ancient Greeks were the first to classify plants into the three categories of trees, shrubs and herbs. In a botanical sense a ‘herb’ is a small non-woody plant that may be herbaceous, biennial or perennial. In the broader sense ‘herbs’ are defined as plants used by people for special foods or food additives, or medicines, or even ritual. In this sense herbs may even be trees. For example bay leaves come from the leaves of a tree. How long can a plant normally go without water? Plants are living things and require water to live and will die if they do not have water in their plant cells. Some plants, like cacti and other succulents, have developed special ways to conserve
