Rare Plant Field Guide

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Photo Copyright © 1999 courtesy of the Colorado Natural Heritage Program Pyrolaceae (Wintergreen Family) Look Alikes: The only Pyrola with white or gray-mottled leaf veins. Flowering/Fruiting Period: June-early August/July-August. Habitat: Cool, moist slopes and ravines, in lodgepole pine, Douglas fir, and ponderosa pine forests. Elev. 6000-9800 ft. Photo Copyright © 1999 by D. Culver Distribution: British Columbia to South Dakota, south to California, Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado (Boulder, Conejos, Douglas, El Paso, Garfield, Jackson, La Plata, Mineral, Ouray and Routt Cos.). References: Great Plains Flora Association 1986; Haber 1987. Please send comments to: Colorado Natural Heritage Program 254 General Services Building, Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO 80523 · (970) 491-2992