Bird's-nest Orchid

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iBird's-nest Orchid

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Neottia
Species: N. nidus-avis
Binomial name
Neottia nidus-avis
(L.) Rich.

The Bird's-nest Orchid, Neottia nidus-avis, is a non-photosynthetic orchid found in shady woodland on basic soils. It is a myco-heterotroph. It obtains its nutrients from a mycorrhizal fungus that is attached to a photosynthetic host plant. Since it prefers high pH soils, it can be found on some limestone barrens such as Halltorps Nature Reserve and the Stora Alvaret on Oland, Sweden.

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