PLANTS Profile for Platanthera flava var. flava (palegreen orchid)

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PLANTS Profile

Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava
palegreen orchid

Symbol:

PLFLF

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

Photo of Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

Habenaria flava

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

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Synonyms:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

	HAFL6	Habenaria flava (L.) R. Br.
	HASC2	Habenaria scutellata (Nutt.) F. Morris
	PEBI3	Perularia bidentata (Elliot) Small
	PEFL13	Perularia flava (L.) Farw.
	PESC7	Perularia scutellata (Nutt.) Small

Distribution:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA), CAN (NS, ON)

Related Taxa:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 45 species in Platanthera, 2 varieties in Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl.

Classification:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Platanthera Rich. – fringed orchid
Species	Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. – palegreen orchid
Variety	Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava – palegreen orchid

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arkansas:
Platanthera flava
southern rein-orchid		Threatened
Connecticut:
Platanthera flava
pale green orchid		Special Concern
Florida:
Platanthera flava
gypsy-spikes		Threatened
Illinois:
tubercled orchid		Endangered
Indiana:
southern rein orchid		Endangered
Iowa:
Platanthera flava
pale green orchid		Endangered
Maine:
Platanthera flava
pale green orchis		Special Concern
New Jersey:
southern rein orchid		Endangered
New York:
Platanthera flava
tubercled orchid		Exploitably Vulnerable
Tennessee:
southern rein-orchid		Special Concern
Vermont:
Platanthera flava
tubercled orchis		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

Platanthera flava:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Platanthera flava (L.) Lindl. var. flava

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 196393.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/25/2008 09:30 AM MDT