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Pacific Coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana)

Pacific coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana) is a mycoheterotrophic orchid which obtains its nutrients from subterranean fungi. This non-photosynthesizing beauty occurs in low-elevation coniferous forests throughout western North America, often in especially shaded areas where there is reduced competition from plants that obtain nutrients through photosynthesis. Additional common names include western coralroot and Mertens's coralroot.


Pacific coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana), highly detailed close-up emphasizing the details of an individual orchid flower in bloom. Focus-stacked composite of 37 exposures at 1.5x lifesize. Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Pacific coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana). Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Pacific coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana). Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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Pacific coralroot (Corallorhiza mertensiana), documentary perspective showing the orchids in relation to their coniferous forest habitat. Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve, Sonoma County, California, USA.
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