Question: Can you help with identification? We came across several of these white “tendrils” on the forest floor in West Haven, …
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Can you help with identification? We came across several of these white “tendrils” on the forest floor in West Haven, VT. They broke easily and we were able to carefully dig up the underground base of one, which had a root-like structure. The other end of the tendrils, which terminated in a bulb-like shape, extended into the soil.
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Dear mmchugh, good morning. They look like the bulbs and underground stems of Erythronium americanum (American trout-lily) or a similar spring ephemeral species. These plants have already senesced and will be dormant until next spring. Best wishes.
