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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes ×kapnosperia	Smoky Ladies'-tresses	Bogs, seeps, meadows.	Sw. NC and nw. SC.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes arcisepala		Bogs, fens, seepages.	NB and QC south to NC, mainly in the Appalachians, and west to s. MI and n. IN.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes bightensis	Atlantic Ladies'-tresses	Maritime grasslands, dune swales, sphagnous lake and pond margins.	Long Island, NY, south to VA (eastern shore).
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes brevilabris	Short-lipped Ladies’-tresses	Pine savannas and flatwoods.	Se. SC south to s. FL, west to se. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes casei var. casei	Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses	Dry sandy soils.	NS to ON, south to nc. PA, MI, WI, and n. MN.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes cernua	Nodding Ladies'-tresses	Bogs, swamps, ditches, usually in acidic, sphagnous situations.	NS west to s. OH, MO, and OK, south to Panhandle FL and c. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes eatonii	Eaton's Ladies'-tresses	Pine savannas, dry to moist pine flatwoods, submesic longleaf pine sandhills.	Se. VA south to s. FL, west to se. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes floridana	Florida Ladies'-tresses	Wet pine savannas, other moist sites.	Se. NC south to sc. peninsular FL and west to TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes igniorchis	Fire Ladies'-tresses	Seasonally wet acidic and calcareous grasslands (typically on Basinger and Felda soil series).	Endemic to c. peninsular FL.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes incurva		Moist to saturated situations.	NB, ON, and MN south to MA, PA, OH, s. IN, s. IL, c. MO and s. KS.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis	Southern Slender Ladies'-tresses	Fields, meadows, pastures, woodlands.	ME, MI, WI, and KS south to GA and TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes lacera var. lacera	Northern Slender Ladies'-tresses	Clearings, openings.	NS and NB west to SK, south to sw. NC, w. VA, TN, and MO. The occurrence of this species in NC is documented by a specimen at DUKE, collected at 5200 feet elevation on Tusquitee bald.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes laciniata	Lace-lip Ladies'-tresses	Pond cypress depressions and savannas, swamps, maritime wet grasslands, lake margins.	NJ south to s. FL and west to se. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes longilabris	Giant Spiral Orchid, Longhorn Ladies'-tresses	Wet pine savannas.	Se. NC south to s. FL and west to e. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes lucida	Shining Ladies'-tresses	Sunny seepage over amphibolite, limestone, or other basic rock, moist banks and shores.	NS and ON south to NC, e. TN, sc. TN (Chester et al. 1993), c. AL, MO, and KS. The species was reported for NC by Fernald (1950) and by Small (1933), but was not treated by RAB; its occurrence in NC was verified in 1992 by its discovery in a seepage area in Ashe County.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes magnicamporum	Great Plains Ladies'-tresses	Grassy barrens and glades over limestone (or other calcareous rocks) or serpentine.	Primarily in the Great Plains, from ND south to TX, east (often as widely disjunct populations) to sw. ON, NY, se. PA, sw. VA (Ludwig 1999), KY, w. TN (Jones 2006), and nw. GA.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes niklasii		In a diversity of habitats.	Endemic to AR and OK (Ouachita Mountains, Boston Mountains, and Crowleys Ridge). Should be looked for in n. LA and ne. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes ochroleuca	Yellow Nodding Ladies'-tresses	Meadows and pastures at moderate to high elevations, up to at least 1500m in elevation.	Largely northeastern, extending south in the mountains and Interior Low Plateau to w. NC, nw. SC, e. TN, and c. TN.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes odorata	Fragrant Ladies'-tresses, Marsh Ladies'-tresses	Swamps and marshes, floodplain forests, often emergent from ponded water at the time of flowering in Taxodium and Nyssa swamps.	Se. VA south to FL and west to se. TX; disjunct in c. NY (Onondaga County; McMullen et al. 2021).
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata	Oval Ladies'-tresses	Swamp forests, bottomland forests, hammocks, ravine forests.	Var. erostellata is fairly widespread in se. North America, ranging from sc. PA, NY, MI, and IL south to Panhandle FL, s. MS, s. LA, and e. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes ovalis var. ovalis	Oval Ladies'-tresses	Swamp forests, mesic ravines.	GA, TN, AR, and TX, south to n. peninsular FL, LA, and e. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes parksii	Navasota Ladies-tresses	Post oak savannas.	Endemic to e. TX (Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Jasper, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Robertson, and Washington counties).
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes praecox	Grass-leaved Ladies'-tresses, Giant Ladies'-tresses	Pine savannas, swamps, bogs.	A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: NY (Long Island, ?), NJ (?), DE (?), MD (?), south to s. FL and west to TX. The more northern occurrences have been questioned as to identification.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes romanzoffiana	Hooded Ladies'-tresses	Swamps, bogs, shores.	NL west to AK, south to nw. PA, n. OH, n. IN, c. IL, IA, NE, n. NM, AZ, and s. CA.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes sheviakii	Old Field Ladies'-tresses	Acidic, dry-mesic successional habitats, old fields, barrens, thickets, dry-open woodland bluffs, ravine-rims.	C. NY and s. ON west to sw. MI and ne. IL, south to n. AK, east to KY/TN and s. OH.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes sylvatica	Woodland Ladies'-tresses, Pale Green Ladies'-tresses	Pine-oak forests and woodlands, dry oak-hickory forests, live oak hammocks, interdune swales, rich dry forests, other woodlands.	VA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes torta	Southern Ladies’-tresses, Rockland Ladies’-tresses	Pine rocklands, marl prairies, pine flatwoods.	S. FL; West Indies; s. Mexico and Central America.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes triloba	Panther Ladies'-tresses	Pine flatwoods and calcareous Florida prairies.	FL Panhandle south to s. FL, primarily along the west coast of the peninsula. Restricted to FL.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes tuberosa	Little Ladies'-tresses, Little Pearl-twist	In a wide variety of habitats, especially relatively well-drained woodlands and fields, longleaf pine sandhills, dry hammocks, dry pine flatwoods.	MA, OH, and MO south to c. peninsular FL and TX.
Orchidaceae	Spiranthes vernalis	Spring Ladies'-tresses	Pine savannas, bogs, marshes, fairly dry fields.	MA to s. FL and west to TX and SD; West Indies; Mexico and Central America.

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