I’m at our family camp in Maine and this appears right by my deck in 3 locations. I’ve never seen this here before by Thin_Molasses6438 plants IdentificationWhat's this plant 2 Comments ohshannoneileen 2 years ago Monotropa uniflora, ghost pipe. Super cool native Plant_ID_Bot 2 years ago The plant is Monotropa uniflora, also known as Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant. It’s a non-photosynthetic plant, which means it doesn’t produce its own food through photosynthesis and instead gets nutrients from underground fungi. — ^^I’m ^^a ^^bot! ^^My ^^creator ^^made ^^me ^^as ^^a ^^fun ^^public ^^service, ^^but ^^I ^^do ^^cost ^^money ^^to ^^operate. ^^If ^^you ^^would ^^like ^^me ^^to ^^keep ^^IDing ^^please ^^vote ^^YES ^^on ^^the ^^current ^^r/whatsthisplant ^^poll ^^by ^^clicking ^^[here](https://www.reddit.com/poll/163qjtb?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=whatsthisplant&utm_content=t3_163qjtb). ^^Thanks! ^^Reminder: ^^Do ^^not ^^ingest ^^anything ^^based ^^on ^^my ^^advise ^^alone. ^^I ^^try ^^really ^^hard, ^^but ^^I ^^could ^^be ^^wrong. Write A CommentYou must be logged in to post a comment.
Plant_ID_Bot 2 years ago The plant is Monotropa uniflora, also known as Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant. It’s a non-photosynthetic plant, which means it doesn’t produce its own food through photosynthesis and instead gets nutrients from underground fungi. — ^^I’m ^^a ^^bot! ^^My ^^creator ^^made ^^me ^^as ^^a ^^fun ^^public ^^service, ^^but ^^I ^^do ^^cost ^^money ^^to ^^operate. ^^If ^^you ^^would ^^like ^^me ^^to ^^keep ^^IDing ^^please ^^vote ^^YES ^^on ^^the ^^current ^^r/whatsthisplant ^^poll ^^by ^^clicking ^^[here](https://www.reddit.com/poll/163qjtb?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=whatsthisplant&utm_content=t3_163qjtb). ^^Thanks! ^^Reminder: ^^Do ^^not ^^ingest ^^anything ^^based ^^on ^^my ^^advise ^^alone. ^^I ^^try ^^really ^^hard, ^^but ^^I ^^could ^^be ^^wrong.
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Monotropa uniflora, ghost pipe. Super cool native
The plant is Monotropa uniflora, also known as Indian Pipe or Ghost Plant. It’s a non-photosynthetic plant, which means it doesn’t produce its own food through photosynthesis and instead gets nutrients from underground fungi.
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^^I’m ^^a ^^bot! ^^My ^^creator ^^made ^^me ^^as ^^a ^^fun ^^public ^^service, ^^but ^^I ^^do ^^cost ^^money ^^to ^^operate. ^^If ^^you ^^would ^^like ^^me ^^to ^^keep ^^IDing ^^please ^^vote ^^YES ^^on ^^the ^^current ^^r/whatsthisplant ^^poll ^^by ^^clicking ^^[here](https://www.reddit.com/poll/163qjtb?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=whatsthisplant&utm_content=t3_163qjtb). ^^Thanks!
^^Reminder: ^^Do ^^not ^^ingest ^^anything ^^based ^^on ^^my ^^advise ^^alone. ^^I ^^try ^^really ^^hard, ^^but ^^I ^^could ^^be ^^wrong.