I wanted to talk a little bit about the medicinal herb Coral Root. Members of the Corallorhiza family are many, and most of them are endangered. In our forest we’re lucky to have a variety of coral root that is not state or nationally endangered. Coral root is an orchid. It’s entirely parasitic. It produces no leaves and contains no chlorophyl. It survives by leeching nutrients from the roots of the plants around it, as…
