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Gnome Plant

Hemitomes congestum

Description:

Small apricot coloured fungus-looking-like plants erupting from the forest floor. A mycoheterotroph which depends on fungus to break down forest debris that it can live on.

Habitat:

Conifer forest in transition area between coast and inland forests.

Notes:

Found beside the trail in Rhododendron Flats on Hwy 3 towards Manning Park.

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1 Comment

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Very cool! This is one of my favourite plants we have found on our ramblings.

JeanSawatzky
Spotted by
JeanSawatzky

Hope, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Jul 22, 2013
Submitted on Sep 19, 2013

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