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                                       Did you know that poison ivy grows in the Chiricahuas?

Bear corn (Conophilus americana) is also known as American cancer-root, squawroot or bumeh. It is a parasitic plant that gets its nutrients from oak roots by connecting to them with specialized roots called haustoria. It does not use photosynthesis and it emerges in spring as a pale cream inflorescence.

                                    Eileen identifying a roadside plant during the plant walk.