Carnivorous plants
WHS where carnivorous plants can be found in the wild.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Alejandro de Humboldt National Park | includes five species of carnivorous plants, one being the sole Cuban epiphyte Pinguicula lignicola (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Canaima National Park | The vegetation, isolated for millennia on infertile soils, is characterized by endemism and carnivory, eg: Heliamphora spp.,Drosera roraima and Utricularia humboldtii. (UNEP-WCMC) | |
| Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands | Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) in Kobuleti Strict Nature Reserve. | |
| Everglades | Bladderwort (Utricularia) | |
| Great Barrier Reef | Drosera adelae, native to Hinchinbrook Island | |
| Gunung Mulu | various species of Nepenthes | |
| Kakadu National Park | Yellow bladderwort (Utricularia fulva) | |
| Kinabalu Park | the richest collection in the world for the Nepenthes pitcher plants (five of the thirteen are found nowhere else on earth) which reach spectacular proportions (the largest-pitchered in the world being the endemic Nepenthes rajah: an insectivorous pitcher plant. It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah (wiki) | |
| Mount Hamiguitan | nepenthes hamiguitanensis | |
| Rainforests of the Atsinanana | Nepenthes masoalensis | |
| Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras | local carnivorous pitcher plants can be seen all over the province of Ifugao | |
| The Flow Country | "The lack of nutrients in the bog has led to some impressive adaptations to allow plants to survive. Some plants survive the lack of nutrients in the soil by finding their food elsewhere- they trap insects and secrete enzymes to digest them!" (official website) | |
| Wet Tropics of Queensland | Drosera adelae, Drosera schizandra and Nepenthes mirabilis |
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