These white arches can be found on the forest floor, emerging from the soil and reentering just a couple inches away. What are they?
Answer
These are trout lily runners, the horizontal stems that allow the plant to spread vegetatively. Runners emerge from corms and the other end, called the “dropper,” re-enters the soil to grow into a new corm, which will grow into another trout lily in the future!
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