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White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera blephariglottis)

  • White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera Blephariglottis) https://www.sagebud.com/white-fringed-orchid-platanthera-blephariglottis/
    Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 557 from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Dat... | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • White Fringed Orchid (Platanthera Blephariglottis) https://www.sagebud.com/white-fringed-orchid-platanthera-blephariglottis/
    Credit: Halpaugh | uploaded from English wikipedia | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated GFDL
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Platanthera Blephariglottis, or more commonly know as White Fringed Orchid, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Platanthera. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Platanthera Blephariglottis or White Fringed Orchid's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Vermont.

  • Category: Monocot
  • Genus: Platanthera
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • Order: Orchidales
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: CT (E) FL (T) MD (T) NY (EV) OH (E) RI (T)
  • State T/E Common Name: CT (white-fringed orchid) FL (white-fringed orchid) MD (white fringed orchid) NY (white fringed orchid) OH (white fringed orchid) RI (white fringed orchid)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(OBL) 2(OBL) 3(OBL) 6(OBL)





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