Venus flytrap

Dionaea muscipula · Wherever found · ECOS entity 3382

In plain words

Federal ESA status Resolved Taxon

The Venus flytrap has the federal status "Resolved Taxon". This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Venus flytrap
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date January 19, 2017 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula █████); ██████”: petition date (closed). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/3382
ECOS
Species profile 7142