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Orchidaceae
Spiranthes

not marked as a favorite taxon Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydberg) Rydberg. Common name: Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation. Distribution: Largely northeastern, extending south in the mountains and Interior Low Plateau to w. North Carolina, nw. South Carolina, n. Georgia (Walker and Chattooga counties; the former discovered in 2022), e. Tennessee, and c. Tennessee.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: See Sheviak & Catling (1980) and Catling (1983a) for further information on this species.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, FNA26, K1, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, W, Hough & Young (2021), Luer (1975), Pace & Cameron (2017); = Ibidium ochroleucum (Rydb.) House — S; = Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. var. ochroleuca (Rydb.) Ames — C, F, Correll (1950); < Ibidium cernuum (L.) House — S13; < Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich. — RAB. Basionym: Gyrostachys ochroleuca Rydberg 1901

Links to other floras: = Spiranthes ochroleuca - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Spiranthes ochroleuca© Alan Cressler: Spiranthes ochroleuca, Mount Hardy Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Spiranthes ochroleuca© Michael Hough | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Spiranthes ochroleuca© Michael Hough | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Spiranthes ochroleuca© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Spiranthes ochroleuca© Alan Cressler: Spiranthes ochroleuca, Mount Hardy Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood County, North Carolina 3 by Alan Cressler source
image #13 of Spiranthes ochroleuca© Alan Cressler: Spiranthes ochroleuca, Blue Ridge Parkway, Transylvania County, North Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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