Appalachian Trail in G. R. Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, VA
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
June - October
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
August - November
Indian Pipes have single heads on each stalk (reflected in the species name uniflora. They start as white, turn pink as the heads turn upward (hence the genus name Monotropa, meaning one turn), then turn a dirty brown color.
Compare with Pinesap (Hypopitys-monotropa) which are usually tawny or pink and have multiple heads on each stalk.
Indian Pipe derives its nutrients and carbohydrates from tree roots through an intermediate source: myccorhizal fungi in the genera Russula and Lactarius.
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8 June 2012
Appalachian Trail in G. R. Thompson Wildlife Management Area, Linden, VA
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16 June 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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1 July 2015
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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16 June 2012
Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA
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