Pyrola americana
Species of flowering plant
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Pyrola americana, the American wintergreen, is a plant species native to Canada and the United States.
| American wintergreen | |
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| 1913 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Pyrola |
| Species: | P. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrola americana | |
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Description
Distribution and habitat
It has been reported from every Canadian province from Newfoundland to Manitoba, as well as from St. Pierre & Miquelon plus the northeastern US from Maine south along the Appalachian Mountains to extreme northeastern Tennessee. It also occurs in all the Great Lakes states and in the Black Hills of South Dakota. It grows in moist forests up to an elevation of 2100 m.[3][9]