Corallorhiza trifida Châtelain. Early Coralroot, Pale Coralroot. Phen: May-Jul. Hab: Boreal forests, bogs, peaty swamps, basic seepage swamps, black ash-hemlock and red spruce-hemlock swamps. Dist: NL (Labrador) to AK, south to DC {specimen at NCU}, MD, WV, PA, NJ (Magrath & Freudenstein in FNA 2002, Kartesz 1999), VA (Virginia Botanical Associates 2015; J. Townsend, pers. comm., 2015), allegedly GA (Small 1933), OH, IN, IL, SD, NM, CA.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = FNA26, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, WV, Freudenstein (1997), Luer (1975); = Corallorhiza corallorhiza (L.) H.Karst.; = Corallorrhiza corallorrhiza (L.) H.Karst. – S; > Corallorhiza trifida Châtel. var. trifida – F; > Corallorhiza trifida Châtel. var. verna (Nutt.) Fernald – C, F

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
• Great Plains: FAC
• Midwest: FACW
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ?: 1