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Common Name: |
Indian Pipe
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| Scientific Name: | Monotropa uniflora
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| Habitat/Season: | Woodland Savanna, Bogs / June - September
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| Comment: | Native
This interesting plant lacks chlorophyll and is, therefore, completely white. It gets its nutrition not by photosynthesis, but rather by absorption of organic material through a symbiotic relationship between its roots and soil fungi.
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