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Gnome Plant

Hemitomes congestum

Photo by JeanSawatzky
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Field Notes

Description:

Small apricot coloured fungus-looking-like plants erupting from the forest floor. A mycoheterotroph which depends on fungus to break down forest debris that it can live on.

Habitat:

Conifer forest in transition area between coast and inland forests.

Notes:

Found beside the trail in Rhododendron Flats on Hwy 3 towards Manning Park.

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Comments (1)
KathleenMcEachern
Very cool! This is one of my favourite plants we have found on our ramblings.

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Flowers of North America
Mission
BC Forest Diversity
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 19, 2013

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