BTW: possession of wild-born Venus flytraps can result in a $500 fine per plant. Poachers load up pickup trucks with trays of them. Being caught generally means

BTW: possession of wild-born Venus flytraps can result in a $500 fine per plant. Poachers load up pickup trucks with trays of them. Being caught generally means complete financial ruin. The irony is that VFTs aren't even considered endangered, per CITES definitions. They only grow in a few counties in the US, however, so their survival is nonethless precarious and worthy of heavy-handed defense.