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Dutchman's Pipe
Monotropa hypopitys
41.239, -73.3969
Field Notes
Description:
A saprophytic pink plant with several vase-like, nodding flowers on a downy, scaly stem. Autumn flowering plants are reddish pink, while spring flowering plants are yellow .
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Dutchman's Pipe (like its relative Indian Pipe, Monotropa uniflora) has no chlorophyll; so, it can't get energy from sunlight. Instead, it gets nutrients from fungi in the soil.
Habitat:
Growing on the ground in a deciduous forest.
Notes:
Genetic testing suggests that Monotropa hypopitys should be placed in its own genus and be classified as Hypopitys monotropa.
Reference Links:
Monotropa hypopitys - Wikipedia
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2018
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