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Yellow nodding lady's tresses

Spiranthes ochroleuca

Also called Yellow Nodding Ladies' Tresses, Yellow Ladies' Tresses

Yellow nodding lady's tresses
Photo: Doppelbrau, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
SE. Canada to E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Spiranthes ochroleuca, commonly called the yellow nodding lady's tresses, is a species of orchid occurring from southeastern Canada to the eastern United States.

Where it grows

Spiranthes ochroleuca is native in eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island), throughout the Northeastern United States, and in the southeastern United States (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). Its habitats include open woodlands, thickets, meadows, barrens, ledges, outcrops, banks and roadsides.

Other Spiranthes plants

Summer lady's-tresses · Appalachian ladies' tresses · Spiranthes australis · Atlantic Ladies' Tresses · Texas lady's tresses · Case's lady's tresses · Nodding lady's tresses · Reclusive lady's tresses · Ute lady's tresses · Eaton's lady's tresses · Canelo lady's tresses · Fire Ladies' Tresses

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spiranthes ochroleuca by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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