探検植物

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!

生息地: Forests

外見

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.

PlantaeTracheophytaLiliopsidaAsparagalesOrchidaceaeCorallorhiza
Pacific coralroot
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Pacific coralroot

カテゴリ

植物

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

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!

特殊能力

能力

Ghostly Appearance

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

能力

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.

サイズと詳細

高さ
20-60 cm
花の大きさ
0.5-1.5 cm
開花時期
Late spring to late summer
食用
いいえ
毒性
なし
ライフサイクル
多年生
受粉方法
昆虫

生態系とのつながり

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.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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

よくある質問

Pacific coralrootの高さは何ですか?

20-60 cm

Pacific coralrootの花の大きさは何ですか?

0.5-1.5 cm

Pacific coralrootの開花時期は何ですか?

Late spring to late summer

Pacific coralrootの食用は何ですか?

いいえ

Pacific coralrootの毒性は何ですか?

なし

Pacific coralrootのライフサイクルは何ですか?

多年生

Pacific coralrootの受粉方法は何ですか?

昆虫

Pacific coralrootは通常どこに生息していますか?

Forests

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