Giant Pinedrops, Giant Bird's Nest (Pterospora andromedea)

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: under white pines in heavy soil

Habitat Classification
WI NHI:
Curtis: NA
Kotar: NA
Forest Cover: White Pine

Range: Door, Ozaukee, and Sawyer

Comments: a non-green plant, saprophytic on pines

Phenology: flowers from June to August across its US range

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p.3:4/p.3:4
Gleason 1963, p.522
Gleason 1991, p.216
Newcomb, p.172/p.173
Peterson, p.20/p.21
Zimmerman, p.77/p.76