can anyone identify this

[chuckp]

sorry but I don't have a camera:
This is very small, grows in the deep woods, I believe its evergreen. The plants hardly clear the leaf floor. The leaves are toothed, twice as long as broad. Their main vertical center vein is white. I don't know how else to describe it.
If it's impossible to identify, I'll see if I can borrow a camera.

 

[woodville]

It's a longshot but maybe a club moss? Check this site to see if I'm even in the ballpark http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/plants/clubmosses/clubmosses.htm

 

[chuckp]

Nope

Not even close. I guess I should have also said the location is N.W New Jersey

 

[treeseer]

put your taxe$ to work: http://plants.usda.gov/checklist.html

 

[woodville]

O.K. the site is overseas but club moss is also found in your area. So is the plant over 12" or under, scale like needles similar to a cedar? Grows in clumps or alone? Pine forest or everywhere? What larger tree or plant does it closest resemble?

 

[chuckp]

The plant is very small 4" or less. no needles, it has green toothed leaves that resemble rhododendren or mountain laurel.
The main characteristic of the leaves is a white colored verticle vein.

 

[treeseer]

it has green toothed leaves that resemble rhododendren or mountain laurel.

These plants do not have toothed leaves. You got me stumped.umpkin2:

 

[Kate Butler]

toothed??

How about this one? I don't grok the toothed part - do mean like pinking shears? Or just pointed at the end of the leaf?

http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=pipsissewa&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[chuckp]

Bingo!!

That's it, striped wintergreen.
I'm reading about it now. Very interesting.
Thank you very much.