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Corallorhiza trifida Châtel.

coralroot orchid (Orchidaceae)

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Corallorhiza trifida grows in damp woodland in the eastern Highlands of Scotland as well as a few sites in southern Scotland and northern England.

Ticino, Switzerland; 2008-05-07

 coralroot orchid / Corallorhiza trifida: _Corallorhiza trifida_ grows in damp woodland in the eastern Highlands of Scotland as well as a few sites in southern Scotland and northern England.

Seen here in fruit, Corallorhiza trifida is partly saprotrophic, having some chlorophyll but lacking leaves and deriving some nutrition from soil fungi.

Dolomites, Italy; 2012-07-08

 coralroot orchid / Corallorhiza trifida: Seen here in fruit, _Corallorhiza trifida_ is partly <a href="parasite.html">saprotrophic</a>, having some chlorophyll but lacking leaves and deriving some nutrition from soil fungi.

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