Top native monotropes
11 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Ghost Pipe
Monotropa uniflora
caterpillars
3
food
3
flowers
10
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Pinesap
Monotropa hypopitys
food
4
flowers
2
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Snowplant
Sarcodes sanguinea
flowers
4
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Woodland Pinedrops
Pterospora andromedea
flowers
1
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Sugarstick
Allotropa virgata
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Gnome Plant
Hemitomes congestum
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Fringed Pinesap
Pleuricospora fimbriolata
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Sweet Pinesap
Monotropsis odorata
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California Pinefoot
Pityopus californicus
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Southern Ghost Pipe
Monotropa brittonii
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Florida Pygmy Pipes
Monotropsis reynoldsiae