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Pacific coralroot

Corallorhiza mertensiana

Pacific coralroot is a special plant that grows in shady, moist places. It doesn't have green leaves because it gets its food from fungi in the ground, making it very unique!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Pacific coralroot has striking reddish-purple stems that emerge directly from the forest floor, lacking any green leaves. Its small, intricate flowers are usually reddish, often streaked with white or yellow, appearing in a loose cluster along the upper stem.

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Pacific coralroot
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Pacific coralroot

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Even though it's an orchid, it's one of the few that never makes its own food from the sun.

It got its name because its roots look like coral at the bottom of the sea!

Its tiny seeds are so small, over a million could fit in a thimble!

This plant can live for many years entirely underground before ever blooming into a flower!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Ghostly Appearance

This orchid has no green leaves, which helps it camouflage in dark forest undergrowth and saves energy by not needing to photosynthesize.

Fähigkeit

Dust Seed Power

Pacific coralroot has super tiny, dust-like seeds that are carried far and wide by the wind, helping it spread to new forest spots.

Maße und Details

Höhe
20-60 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to late summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Western Hemlock

Tsuga heterophylla

Pacific coralroot depends on this tree for nutrients, transferred via fungi.

depends on

Douglas-fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Pacific coralroot also depends on this tree for nutrients, using shared fungal networks.

pollinates

Yellow-faced Bumblebee

Bombus vosnesenskii

This bumblebee pollinates Pacific coralroot by visiting its small, reddish flowers.

pollinates

Vinegar Fly

Drosophila busckii

This fly pollinates Pacific coralroot, attracted to the plant's unique floral scent.

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch plants in the wild, as some can be harmful.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Pacific coralroot?

20-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Pacific coralroot?

0.5-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Pacific coralroot?

Late spring to late summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Pacific coralroot?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Pacific coralroot?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Pacific coralroot?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Pacific coralroot?

Insekten

Wo findet man Pacific coralroot normalerweise?

Forests

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