Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Temperate rainforest

Range

North America and Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This forest plant carpets the ground beneath coastal spruce trees across the Pacific. Its creeping underground stems allow it to clone itself and form vast, connected colonies.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Maianthemum

Species

Maianthemum dilatatum