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Also Known As	ditch moss • waterweed

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Canadian waterweed

Learn how plants split water molecules to replace electrons lost by chlorophyll during photosynthesis

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Canadian waterweed Hydrocharitaceae tape grass

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous