PLANTS Profile for Cypripedium arietinum (ram's head lady's slipper)

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Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton
ram's head lady's slipper

Symbol:

CYAR5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

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Synonyms:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

CRAR11

Criosanthes arietina (W.T. Aiton) House

Distribution:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, VT, WI), CAN (MB, NS, ON, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Cypripedium

Classification:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

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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	Cypripedium L. – lady's slipper
Species	Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton – ram's head lady's slipper

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

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.

Connecticut:
ram's-head lady's-slipper		Special Concern
Maine:
ram's-head lady's-slipper		Endangered
Massachusetts:
ram's-head lady's-slipper		Endangered
Minnesota:
ram's-head lady's-slipper		Threatened
New Hampshire:
ram's-head lady's-slipper		Endangered
New York:
ram's-head ladyslipper		Threatened
Vermont:
ram's head lady's-slipper		Threatened
Wisconsin:
ram's-head lady's-slipper		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cypripedium arietinum W.T. Aiton

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 43540.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 03:38 PM MDT