Clearing and drainage of peat bogs or swamps for peat mining, millpond construction, access to timber, and agricultural purposes have resulted in the decline of habitat by altering site conditions in many areas. Drainage also has an indirect negative effect by diminishing the numbers of prey that have aquatic larval stages. Insectivorous plants may add to the nutrient pool on the nutrient-deficient sites where they most often grow. Vegetative reproduction takes place when leaf buds form plantlets, or when axillary buds below the rosette form a secondary rosette. As the stem decays, the two separate.
Fruits often persist unopened, and seeds are released when the fruit rots.
Air trapped in the testa makes the seed buoyant and capable of floating for days on water surfaces. Seeds may be carried some distance with snowmelt and flooding. Plants flower in their first summer and every year thereafter, generally from June to September. Flowers open one per day, starting from the bottom of the inflorescence. Seed dispersal begins in July and most seeds fall before winter.