How Does the Indian Pipe Plant Get Food?
Indian Pipe eats by mooching off fungi that have a symbiotic relationship with nearby trees. Think of it as nature's sneaky dinner guest.
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The Indian Pipe plant, or Monotropa uniflora, doesn't do photosynthesis. It gets its nutrients by parasitizing fungi that collect nutrients from tree roots.
Indian Pipe plants are freeloaders! They tap into the mycorrhizal fungi connected to trees' roots and steal nutrients from them.
It doesn鈥檛 need sunlight! Indian Pipe steals nutrients from fungi, which get them from tree roots.
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