Biodiversity in the southern Eggegebirge


Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) is a very special plant. Its small leaf rosette lays directly on the ground and it can easily be overgrown by other plants - if it was not for its special adaptation to extremely nutrient-poor and wet peat sites. Sundew gains the missing nitrogen by luring and catching insects which are subsequently digested. Therefore it can grow in loctations, where other plants cannot find sufficient nutrients.