PLANTS Profile for Platanthera cristata (crested yellow orchid)

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Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.
crested yellow orchid

Symbol:

PLCR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

Habenaria cristata

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Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

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Synonyms:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

	BLCR2	Blephariglotis cristata (Michx.) Raf.
	HACR7	Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br.

Distribution:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 45 species in Platanthera

Classification:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

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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 cristata (Michx.) Lindl. – crested yellow orchid

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

This plant is 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.

Florida:
crested fringed orchid		Threatened
Kentucky:
yellow-crested orchid		Threatened
Maryland:
crested yellow orchid		Threatened
Massachusetts:
crested fringed orchis		Endangered
New York:
crested fringed orchis		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
crested yellow orchid		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43424.

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: 10/21/2008 08:32 AM MDT