Saturday July 12, Bear & Supermoon & Ghost Plant
Bear behind Byrd's Nest Shelter
Monotropa uniflora
myco-heterotrophic plants, mycoparasitic plants, or epiparasitic plants
Indian Pipe AKA Corpse Plant or Ghost Plant
NOT to be confused with Corpse Flower
Amorphophallus titanium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanium
NOT to be confused with Corpse Flower
Amorphophallus titanium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphophallus_titanium
Involved in a three way relationship. This plant does not photosynthesize but rather gets its energy from a fungus which in turn gets its energy from another plant. A sort of ménage a trois. For more detail check out the botit.botany.wisc.edu link above.
About 5 groups and twenty folks had gathered to take in the sunset and rise of a Super-moon.
Supermoon from Old Rag Summit
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