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Photography by Keith McCree, Botany by Barbro McCree
Allotropa virgata
(Candystick, Sugarstick)
Ericaceae
Red flowers on a pink-and-white striped stalk. The plant lacks chlorophyll,
obtaining its nutrition from fungae growing on conifer roots.
Dodecatheon jeffreyi
(Shooting Star)
Primulaceae
Pinkish flower with white or yellow band at the base. Common in bogs
and marshes.
Hypopitys monotropa
(American Pinesap)
Ericaceae
Pale yellow plant, lacking in chlorophyll. Obtains its nutrition from fungae
growing on conifer roots.
Pedicularis groenlandica
(Elephant's Head)
Scrophulariaceae
Purplish-pink flowers that resemble the head and trunk of an elephant. Fern-like
leaves. Found in meadows.
Phlox adsurgens
(Woodland Phlox, Periwinkle Phlox)
Polemoniaceae
Single pink flower with a white center, on a stem that may be erect or creeping.
Low-growing forest plant.
Phyllodoce empetriformis
(Red Mountain Heather)
Ericaceae
Low-growing alpine shrub with pink flowers.
Ribes sanguineum
(Red-flowering Currant, Blood Currant)
Grossulariaceae
Tall shrub with bright red flowers and black berries. Common in dry areas
at low elevations.
Rudbeckia occidentalis
(Coneflower)
Compositae
Tall meadow plant with a conical head composed of dark purple disc flowers.
Xerophyllum tenax
(Beargrass)
Liliaceae
Meadow plant with sharp, narrow, grass-like leaves and tall flowering stalks
that have clusters of tiny white flowers.
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