PLANTS Profile for Malaxis unifolia (green adder's-mouth orchid)

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PLANTS Profile

Malaxis unifolia Michx.
green adder's-mouth orchid

Symbol:

MAUN

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Images:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

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Synonyms:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

MIUN4

Microstylis unifolia (Michx.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Distribution:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Malaxis

Classification:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

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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	Malaxis Sol. ex Sw. – adder's-mouth orchid
Species	Malaxis unifolia Michx. – green adder's-mouth orchid

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

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:
green adder's-mouth		Endangered
Florida:
green adder's-mouth orchid		Endangered
Indiana:
green adder's-mouth		Endangered
New Hampshire:
green adder's-mouth		Threatened
New York:
green adder's-mouth		Exploitably Vulnerable
Rhode Island:
green adder's mouth		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Malaxis unifolia Michx.

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 43647.

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 photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 04:55 PM MDT