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Fairy Slipper (Calypso bulbosa)

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Calypso Bulbosa, or more commonly know as Fairy Slipper, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Calypso. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Calypso Bulbosa or Fairy Slipper's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Calypso
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • Order: Orchidales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N)
  • State T/E Status: MI (T) NH (E) NY (E) VT (T) WI (T)
  • State T/E Common Name: MI (calypso or fairy-slipper) NH (fairy slipper) NY (calypso) VT (fairy slipper) WI (fairy slipper)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU FACW
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACW) 3(FACW) 4(FACW) 5(FACW) 7(FAC) 8(FACU) 9(FAC+) 0(FACW) A(FAC)





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