Woodland Pinedrops

Description

The tallest of the monotropoids, or relatives of the Indian Pipe, is Pterospora andromedea, called Pinedrops. It can be more than a meter tall, so it is easily seen. The stems are rose to pink in color. Here are two stems still growing. Some plants of pinedrops on the floor of a pine forest. Pinedrops, Pterospora, grows in rich conifer forests from southern California to British Columbia, and east to Pennsylvania. It is probably the easiest to find of the monotropoids.