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Venus flytraps only occur naturally within a 75-mile radius around Wilmington, North Carolina. The North Carolina Plant Conservation Program lists the Venus flytrap as a species of Special Concern-Vulnerable in North Carolina, and poaching of this plant became a felony in 2014.

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Fun Fact: Venus flytraps only occur naturally within a 75-mile radius around Wilmington, North Carolina. The North Carolina Plant Conservation Program lists the Venus flytrap as a species of Special Concern-Vulnerable in North Carolina, and poaching of this plant became a felony in 2014.

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