Spiranthes odorata (Nuttall) Lindley. Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses. Phen: Sep-Nov. Hab: Swamps and marshes, floodplain forests, often emergent from ponded water at the time of flowering in Taxodium and Nyssa swamps. Dist: Se. VA south to FL and west to se. TX; disjunct in c. NY (Onondaga County; McMullen et al. 2021).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, ETx1, F, FNA26, G, K1, K3, K4, Tn, Va, WH3, Brown (2002), Hough & Young (2021), Luer (1975); = Gyrostachys odorata (Nutt.) Kuntze; = Ibidium odoratum (Nutt.) House – S; = Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. var. odorata (Nutt.) Correll – C, GW1, RAB, Tx, Correll (1950), Luer (1975); < Ibidium cernuum (L.) House – S13; < Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. – Tat

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
• Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6