Along the Atlantic coast of North America, carnivorous plants range from the sandy southern tip of peninsular Florida to the Sphagnum peat bogs of New England, Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) extends throughout most of this expanse, while the showier Sarracenia species are limited to the Southeastern coastal plain (along with a few inland and even mountain locales): from Southern Virginia to Central Florida.

Butterworts (Pinguicula) and Sundews (Drosera) are also well-represented in the region, and the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea) is an Atlantic coast endemic, naturally occurring in only a handful of counties in the Carolinas.

A carnivorous bromeliad (Catopsis bertoriana) can even be found here, as an uncommon epiphyte in the Everglades.