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Wildflowers That Subvert Fungi to Steal Food

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on May 17, 2019 by Gary HuntOctober 23, 2025

There have been reports of Striped Coralroot recently so I will repost this story from April of last year.

There is a group of wildflowers that have learned how to cheat photosynthesis. This allows them to simplify physical structure and eliminate the work of making chlorophyll and their own food. It confers a significant survival advantage in low-light forest conditions.

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Flowering Plants of the Kamloops Area

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on January 9, 2019 by KNCMay 5, 2025

The 2019 version of Paul Handford’s online book in PDF format: Updated. Another source for wildflowers is Wildflowerjournal.net (a local website). D. Smith

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On the Park Hill Trails

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on May 22, 2018 by KNCMay 22, 2018

While hiking the Park Hill Trails near Canoe, we spotted a number of wildlfowers and fungi in the forest.   A gallery of images can be found at this link: On the Park Hill Trails  

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On Mount Mara

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on May 18, 2018 by KNCMay 18, 2018

While hiking on Mount Mara we spotted some wildflowers and other plants.  We spotted some whitetail deer, a grouse, some cliff swallows and a red-tailed hawk.   A few photos are included at this link: On Mara Mountain

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