Calflora Taxon Report
Corallorhiza trifida  Chätel.
Northern coral root, Yellow coralroot
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2016 Scot Loring
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2023 Chelsea Kieffer
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2016 Scot Loring
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2012 Raymond Prothero
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2016 Scot Loring
photo on Calflora
2023 Chelsea Kieffer
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2023 Chelsea Kieffer
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2012 Raymond Prothero
photo on Calflora
2023 Chelsea Kieffer
photo on Calflora
2023 Chelsea Kieffer
Corallorhiza trifida is a perennial herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).
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Genus: Corallorhiza
Family: Orchidaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot
Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: meadows, edges

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
PLANTSCorallorhiza corallorhiza
PLANTSCorallorhiza trifida var. verna
PLANTSCorallorrhiza corallorrhiza
PLANTSCorallorrhiza trifida var. verna
PLANTSCorallorrhiza trifida
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[Wikipedia] Description: Corallorhiza trifida is yellowish green in color, leafless, and partially myco-heterotrophic, deriving some, but not all of its nutrients from association with fungi of genus Tomentella.[10] It also contains chlorophyll, with which it supplies some of its own carbon nutrition via autotrophy. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)

Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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