Early coralroot facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Early coralroot
Scientific classification
Genus:	Corallorhiza
Species:	trifida
Synonyms
Synonyms list Corallorhiza anandae Malhotra & Balodi Corallorhiza corallorhiza (L.) H.Karst. Corallorhiza dentata Host Corallorhiza ericetorum Drejer Corallorhiza halleri Rich. Corallorhiza innata R.Br. Corallorhiza innata subsp. ericetorum (Drejer) Nyman Corallorhiza innata var. virescens (Drejer) Farr Corallorhiza integra Châtel. Corallorhiza jacquemontii Decne. Corallorhiza nemoralis Sw. ex Nyman Corallorhiza neottia Scop. Corallorhiza occidentalis Bach.Pyl. Corallorhiza verna Nutt. Corallorhiza virescens Drejer Corallorhiza wyomingensis Hellm. & K.Hellm. Cymbidium corallorhiza (L.) Sw. Epidendrum corallorhizon (L.) Poir. Epipactis corallorhiza (L.) Crantz Helleborine corallorhiza (L.) F.W.Schmidt Neottia corallorhiza (L.) Kuntze Ophrys corallorhiza L.

Corallorhiza trifida, commonly known as early coralroot, northern coralroot, or yellow coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to North America and Eurasia, with a circumboreal distribution. The species has been reported from the United States, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, India, Nepal, Kashmir, Greenland, Pakistan, and almost every country in Europe.

Description

Corallorhiza trifida is yellowish green in color, leafless, and partially myco-heterotrophic, deriving some, but not all of its nutrients from association with fungi of genus Tomentella. It also contains chlorophyll, with which it supplies some of its own carbon nutrition via autotrophy.

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In Spanish: Raíz de coral para niños