Characterizing illegal harvest of the Venus' fly trap (Dionaea muscipula Ellis) at Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve, South Carolina, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-299

  Luken, James O ^a  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plant; Carolina Bay; Collection; Dionaea; Plant harvest; Venus' fly trap

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA;

EID: 22144431537     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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