Indian pipe is a member of the heath family, monotropae.  They have no leaves and get their food from decaying material in humus or leaf litter.  They have white or pinkish-white stems that blacken with age.

• other names include ghost flower, ice plant,. and corpse plant
• the flower hangs down, but the fruit (seeds) turn upward (as above)
• found in shady, coniferous forests with a good humus layer
• flowers are white and bell-shaped, turned to one side

These are easy to miss as we hike along.   The one shown above was spotted in Wells Gray Park.