Spotted wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata) COSEWIC update and status report: chapter 8
Biology
Spotted Wintergreen is an evergreen plant with a very attractive variegated leaf veination. This puts the plant at risk from would-be gardeners who might try to transplant the species, or from those who might pick the plant to liven up a dried flower arrangement. Several stems were removed from the Dedrick Creek population in 1995 for a table centrepiece by someone unfamiliar with the endangered status of the species (A. Heagy, pers. com., 1997).
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