Pyrola asarifolia

Characteristics
Pyrola asarifolia Michx. ssp. asarifolia
pink shinleaf
Rich calcareous swamps and fens, cool wet-mesic to mesic hardwood and hardwood-coniferous forests, forest edges, and edges of streams in forests. Probably not as rare as previously believed this species is perhaps overlooked when growing in cool northern mesic forests.
Subshrub, Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
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Native Threatened-State FACU, FACW (NWPL) FAC (NWPL EMP) FACW (NWPL NCNE) S2S3 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Eudicots
Ericales
Pyrola asarifolia Michx. ssp. asarifolia - pink shinleaf
Citation
Pyrola asarifolia Michx. ssp. asarifolia
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo By: Kyle J. Webster. Photo taken: Lewis County, NY on 2023-06-17 - 20
Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia_Lewis County_2023-06-17_KWebster-1.jpg
Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Saint Lawrence Co., NY: 7 Jul 2011 - 5
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Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Saint Lawrence Co., NY: 7 Jul 2011 - 5
Pyrola_asarifolia_KSmith_070711-04.jpg
Photo by: Kimberly J. Smith - NYNHP/OPRHP. Photo taken: Saint Lawrence Co., NY: 7 Jul 2011 - 5
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