Insectivorous plants, which unlike other plants have the ability to trap and digest insects, can thrive in soils that are too poor in minerals to support noninsectivorous plants
Yet the mineral requirements of insectivorous plants are not noticeably different from the mineral requirements of noninsectivorous plants
The types of minerals required by noninsectivorous plants are more likely than are the types of minerals required by insectivorous plants to be found in soils poor in minerals.