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Shining Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes lucida)

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Spiranthes Lucida, or more commonly know as Shining Lady's Tresses, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Spiranthes. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Spiranthes Lucida or Shining Lady's Tresses's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and Vermont.

Category: Monocot
Genus: Spiranthes
Family: Orchidaceae
Order: Orchidales
Class: Liliopsida
Division: Magnoliophyta
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
State T/E Status: IA (E) IL (E) IN (R) KY (T) MD (E) ME (T) NH (T) NY (EV) RI (H) TN (T)
State T/E Common Name: IA (yellow-lipped ladies-tresses) IL (yellow-lipped ladies' tresses) IN (shining ladies'-tresses) KY (shining ladies'-tresses) MD (wide-leaved ladys' tresses) ME (shining ladies'-tresses) NH (shining lady's-tresses) NY (wide-leaved lady's-tresses) RI (shining ladies'-tresses) TN (shining ladies'-tresses)
National Wetland Indicator Status: FACW FACW+
Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 2(NI) 3(FACW+) 5(FACW)

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Shining Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes lucida)

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