Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

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Habitat: Forest
Native/Non-native: Native to temperate regions of Asia, North America, and northern South America.
Alternatively named Ghost Pipe.
Monotropa uniflora is a parasite plant and gets its energy from trees who use chlorophyll to photosynthesize.