Venus Flytrap Champions
recognizing & assisting landowners with Venus Flytrap on their property
WHY WE ARE HERE Help us to defend populations of the amazing Venus Flytrap! |
Surveys of known populations of Venus Flytrap in the Carolinas in 2019 and 2020 documented a continuing decline due to urban/suburban development and a lack of burning where appropriate habitat for this rare, charismatic plant species still exists.
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Venus Flytrap Champions recognizes and assists landowners and land managers in the Carolinas who want to care for populations of this rare carnivorous species. We believe landowners can play a significant role in maintaining and increasing the remaining habitat for
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Frog in pitcher plant. Photo by Larry Mellichamp.
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Venus Flytrap and the other insectivorous and uncommon plant species that grow with it. We are collaborating with the following agencies and nonprofit organizations to create a support network for people managing Venus Flytrap habitat on private property:
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Think you might have Flytrap habitat on your land? Here's what to look for.
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 Aaron Harward receiving plaque from Julie Moore.
Third Venus Flytrap Champion recognized
Aaron Harward was honored on January 26, 2023 as a “Venus Flytrap Champion for his outstanding work to protect and appropriately manage habitat for the Venus flytrap in the Boiling Spring Lakes community.” Julie Moore, Southern Conservation Partners, presented the award to Harward, Boiling Spring Lakes Superintendent of Public Works. Harward, who said he has been fascinated with Venus flytraps since he was a kid, is the third recipient of the award. He was recognized for his successful efforts to take responsibility for roadside mowing within city limits of Boiling Spring Lakes and to schedule it for when plants are dormant. “So often flytraps in the ditches get mowed down," said Moore. "We have opportunities here (that) we don’t have in many places" “(NCDOT) is on board now,” Harward said. “So, we’ll manage the mowing of the ditches inside Boiling Spring Lakes and work around the flowering during those timeframes that are critical.” “For those of you who live here,” Moore said, “you really have an unusual opportunity. No place else in the world can you find Venus flytraps in the ditches and in people’s yards. I call Boiling Spring Lakes ‘Flytrap Central.’” --From a report in the State Port Pilot >READ ABOUT other Venus Flytrap Champions< |
March 21, 2023 -- Columbia, SC:
Conservationists are pushing for the Venus flytrap to be South Carolina's official carnivorous plant, joining other official items such as the state bird (Carolina Wren), state opera (Porgy and Bess) and the state snack (boiled peanuts). . . . Supporters said honoring the Venus flytrap . . . is about protecting and increasing awareness of an interesting species found only in this spot on the globe: the upper part of the South Carolina coast and a small sliver of southeast North Carolina. >READ MORE 
Photo by Tyler Gramley, North American Sarracenia Conservancy
September 24, 2022 — Boiling Springs Lakes, NC:
Hundreds of Venus flytraps were rescued and replanted over the weekend of September 24 in Boiling Spring Lakes, NC. The rescue planned and arranged by the North American Sarracenia Conservancy (NASC), was led by NASC’s Vice President Tyler Gramley. About 300 Venus flytraps were moved from the vicinity of a new fire station. “Fire Rescue has agreed to maintain the relocation area to preserve the site genetics into the future,” Gramley said. “We will return in spring to count numbers and increase the planting density further!” Update, April 2023: Read more in this article by Patty Langer in Southport Magazine (April 2023: 
A specialty Venus Flytrap license plate has been proposed in North Carolina. Learn more HERE.
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Introducing our new poster about Venus flytrap. . . learn more on our RESOURCES page.
