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Pterospora andromedea
Pine-drops is a nonphotosynthetic, parasitic plant that obtains nutrients from its host via mutualistic fungal hyphae that form connections between the roots of the parasite and its host plant.
Mixed woods close to a large marsh.
Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755. Conservation Status: imperiled (S2) in Ontario, CA (NatureServe).
Spotted on Sep 8, 2018
Submitted on Sep 9, 2018
4 Comments
Thanks Jim...there certainly is.
Interesting spotting, Greg...there are a lot of unique organisms out there!
Thank you very much Mark.
Interesting plant. Great set of spottings Greg.