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Indian Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Photo by JeanSawatzky
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49.1206, -122.128

Field Notes

Description:

Called a saprophyte in my plant book.
It is a myco-heterotroph. It parasites fungi that are in mycorrhizal relationships with vascular plants.

Habitat:

Pacific temperate rain forest on the south side of McKee Peak which is part of the Sumas Mtn massif.

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