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Slender-Spire Orchid (Piperia unalascensis)

Slender-Spire Orchid (Piperia Unalascensis) https://www.sagebud.com/slender-spire-orchid-piperia-unalascensis
Credit: JW Stockert | http://www.nps.gov/a... | License: PD US Government PD US NPS
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Piperia Unalascensis, or more commonly know as Slender-Spire Orchid, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Piperia. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Piperia Unalascensis or Slender-Spire Orchid's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Piperia
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • Order: Orchidales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: UPL FAC
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 3(UPL*) 4(FAC) 8(FACU) 9(NI) 0(FAC) A(FAC)





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