Candystick
The candystick is a truly bizarre-looking plant that grows and feeds upon the roots of coniferous trees. It gets its name from the red and white stripes, making it look somewhat like a candycane.
- Copyright
- © 2011
- Image Size
- 2459x3702 / 7.7MB
- Keywords
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Allotropa virgata, Ericaceae, Mount Rainier, National Park, Washington, barber's pole, beautiful, beauty, candystick, candystriped allotropa, devil's wand, environment, habitat, herb, herbaceous, inland, landscape, myco-heterotrophs, mycotrophic, natural, nature, oddball, parasite, parasitic, perennial, plant, saprophyte, sugar-stick, sugarstick, wild, wilderness
- Contained in galleries
- Ericaceae (Heather and Rhododendrons), Saprophytes
