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Nutrients from Other Sources
![Saprophytes](../../../../../../../../../figures.boundless-cdn.com/19433/full/figure-31-03-05.jpeg)
Saprophytes
Saprophytes, like this Dutchmen's pipe (Monotropa hypopitys), obtain their food from dead matter and do not have chlorophyll.
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"OpenStax College, Nutritional Adaptations of Plants. October 17, 2013."
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