1. The Shinleaf Family http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/ DwPinkwintergreen.jpg/250px-DwPinkwintergreen.jpg http://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/White%20Enlarged%20Photos/2 orse.jpg http://www.prairie-elements.ca/images/chimaphila.jpg

2. Pyrolaceae  Herbs or subshrubs  Flowers are regular and perfect  Leaves are alternate and sometimes opposite  Leaves are basal or nearly so except in Chimaphila  Leaves persist through winter except in Moneses (sometimes called the wintergreen family)  Strongly mycotrophic-dependant on mycorrhizal in ground  5-merous

3. ONE-FLOWERED PYROLA http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eOHKzNaOcRI/Sl4V9CV8cYI/AAAAAAAAA-4/xWw-uiHZOx8/s400/one- flowered+pyrola+good.JPG Moneses uniflora  Plant grows 3-10 cm tall  Round, basal leaves about 1-2 cm  Leaf blade margin is finely toothed or subentire  Leafless stem  Single, white flower  Grows in damp woods and bogs

4. ONE-SIDED PYROLA Pyrola secunda  Leaves are elliptic to broadly ovate, 1.5-4 cm  Leaf blade margin is entire to crenate-serrate  Flower cluster a one-sided raceme of white flowers  Grows in moist woods and mossy bogs http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/pics_o/orthiliasecu.jpg

5. PINK SHINLEAF Pyrola asarifolia  Basal leaves 3-6 cm  Leaf blade margin is entire  Pink, nodding flowers  Grows in moist woods and bogs http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3709189717_2c85618ec3_o.jpg

6. PIPSISSEWA Chimaphila umbellata  Plant grows to 10-30 cm  Sharply toothed leaves, 3-6 cm  Leaves 3-8 in whorls  Flower cluster with umbel-like pink flowers  Umbrella-shaped stigma  Grows in dry woods, esp. sandy soil https://web.gsc.edu/fs/jhamilton/tumblingcreek/images/plants/wildflowers/chma2553.jpg

7. Gleason, Henry A., Cronquist, Arthur. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. 2 nd ed. New York botanical Garden, Bronx, New York. pp 213-215. Walters, Dirk R., Keil, David J., Murrell, Zack E. 2006. Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 5 th ed. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, Iowa.