Chesapeake Bay Program: The Spooky Ghost Pipe Isn't Here to Haunt the Forest
October 08, 2025
October 08, 2025
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Oct. 8 -- The Chesapeake Bay Program issued the following commentary:
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The spooky ghost pipe isn't here to haunt the forest
Or is it...?
By Bianca Martinez Penn
The bone-white, fungus-looking ghost pipe is one of the spookiest plants in the Chesapeake region. But no need for alarm-- though it might suck nutrients out of underground fungi and grow in the shadows, the plant isn't actually haunted ( . . .
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The spooky ghost pipe isn't here to haunt the forest
Or is it...?
By Bianca Martinez Penn
The bone-white, fungus-looking ghost pipe is one of the spookiest plants in the Chesapeake region. But no need for alarm-- though it might suck nutrients out of underground fungi and grow in the shadows, the plant isn't actually haunted ( . . .