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Spotted Coralroot in the Gabriola woods

on 03 Jun 2011

This is one of Gabriola’s native plants, and a pretty thing it is, too. I blogged about it a couple of years ago (Corallorhiza maculata in the Gabriola woods), and resolved then to take a better photo for you. Well. Not a perfect photo, but better than last time, I think.

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Corallorhiza maculata in the Gabriola woods

on 22 May 2009

A month ago they puzzled me: lipstick-like shoots of some plant, popping up all over the place in the Gabriola woods. I’ve been watching them grow ever since, curious to see what they would become. And now I know! They are Corallorhiza maculata, also known as spotted coralroot. They’re starting to flower now, and it’s [...]

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