Prince's Pine - Chimaphila maculata

This plant is a partial myco-heterotroph, which means that it gets some of its nutrition from fungi in the soil.

Habitat: Oak-pine forest

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Ferdy Christant

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Cool fact! Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks, I had to add some kind of fun fact considering the photo is not the best. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
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    The good old slight of hand. Not needed, photo is fine. Posted 5 years ago

The Spotted Wintergreen

"Chimaphila maculata" is a small, perennial, evergreen herb native to eastern North America and Central America, from southern Quebec west to Illinois, and south to Florida and Panama.

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Similar species: Ericales

Species identified by Christine Young