Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea)
All photographed in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
Dutchman's Pipe (Monotropa hypopytis)
Photographed in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona.
Spotted Coralroot (Corallorhiza maculata)
This is a parasitic orchid! It feeds from the mycelium of the ectomycorrhizal fungi of the family Russulaceae.
Images 1 and 2 of fresh plants were photographed on Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California on June 5, 2016.
Images 3 and 4 are of dried plants found in Cuyamaca Woods, North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, in San Diego County, California on September 21, 2024.
