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Indian Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

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Field Notes

Description:

AKA Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant
It is white and does not contain chlorophyll.
It is parasitic. Its hosts are certain fungi - it ultimately gets its energy from photosynthetic trees.
It can grow in very dark environments as in the understory of dense forest

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Monotropa uniflora

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PublishedMarch 5, 2012

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