Plant Types that Benefit from Endomycorrhizae Fungi

There are a number of plant species that benefit from endomycorrhizae, sometime just called mycorrhiza. These microscopic fungi help make soils more fertile and alive.

Endomycorrhizae, or vescular arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM for short), form symbiotic relationships, sometimes called mutually beneficial relationships, with about 90% of plants. This relationship is thought to date back over 400 million years. So plants and mycorrhizae have evolved together.

Endomycorrhizal fungi form an intercellular attachment with plants between the cell wall and the cell

membrane. This attachment facilitates the transfer of nutrients and water from  the fungi to the plant. The fungi form branched structures within the root system of the plant. These branched structures greatly increase the surface area of the roots, enabling the plant to gather much more water and essential nutrients.

Endomycorrhiza benefit a number of important plants. Here’s a partial list.

 

Plants that Benefit from Endomycorrhizal Fungi

Acacia	Coral Tree	Lily	Raphiolepis
Acapanthus	Corn	Locust	Raspberry
Alder	Cotton	Mango	Redwood
Alfalfa	Cottonwood	Magnolia	Rice
Almond	Cow Pea	Mahogany	Rose
Apple	Crab Tree	Mahonia	Russian Olive
Apricot	Cucumber	Maples (all)	Ryegrass
Artichoke	Currant	Marigold	Sagebrush
Ash	Cypress	Melons (all)	Sequoia
Asparagus	Dogwood	Mesquite	Sorghum
Avocado	Eggplant	Millet	Sourwood
Bamboo	Elm	Morning Glory	Soybean
Banana	Euonymus	Mulberry	Squash
Basil	Fern	Nasturtium	Strawberry
Bayberry	Fescus	Okra	Sudan Grass
Bean	Fig	Olive	Sugar Cane
Begonia	Forsythia	Onion	Sumac
Black Locust	Foutain Grass	Pacific Yew	Sunflower
Blackberry	Fuschia	Pampas Grass	Sweet Potato
Box Elder	Gardenia	Palms (all)	Sweet Gum
Boxwood	Garlic	Papaya	Sycamore
Bulbs (all)	Geranium	Passion Fruit	Tea
Cactus	Grapes (all)	Paw Paw	Tobacco
Camellia	Grass	Peas	Tomato
Carrot	Hemp	Peach	Violets
Cassava	Herbs (all)	Peanut	Watermelon
Ceanothus	Hibiscus	Pear	Willow
Celery	Holly	Pepper	Wormwood
Cherry	Impatiens	Pistachio	Wheat
Chrysanthemum	Jojoba	Pittosporum	Yam
Citrus (all)	Juniper	Plum	Yucca
Clover	Kiwi	Poinsettia	Yellow Poplar
Coconut	Leek	Potato
Coffee	Lettuce	Pumpkin

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