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Orchidaceae
Cyclopogon

not marked as a favorite taxon Cyclopogon elatus (Swartz) Schlechter. Common name: Tall Ladies’-tresses, Tall Neottia. Phenology: Feb-Mar. Habitat: Terrestrial in rockland hammocks and on floating logs and buttresses in strand swamps. Distribution: C. and s. Florida; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and n. South America. Much time had elapsed in which this species was not seen in Florida until being rediscovered as extant in Collier County in 2009 by George Wilder. It remains extremely rare and endangered in Collier County and is possibly historical in Miami-Dade and Hernando counties.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, POWO, WI, Brown (2002); = Spiranthes elata (Sw.) Rich. — NS, WH3. Basionym: Satyrium elatum Swartz 1788

Links to other floras: = Cyclopogon elatus - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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