Andrew Trundlewagon's photos with the keyword: forest floor

St Bruno Coral Root DSC 1842

20 Aug 2018 2 1 238
Coral root orchid. Coral roots (Corallorhiza) are orchids that, with one exception, make no chlorophyll and live by taking (stealing) nutrients from fungi in the soil (myco-heterotrophy). Most of the plant is below ground, (the coral root) growing in intimate contact with its fungal provider. All that appears above ground is a single leafless shoot with an array of small, rather delicate flowers. Found on the forest floor, park St. Bruno, Quebec.

perfoliate bellwort DSC 0724

13 May 2015 327
A small yellow plant of the forest floor. This is called perfoliate because the stem carrying the flower appears to grow through the leave (or rather the leave grows around the stem). St Bruno near Montreal.( Uvularia perfoliata )