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Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
bluntleaved orchid

       
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Photo of Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.
©Mary Clay Stensvold. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection. United States, AK, S.E. region, Lynn Canal, mouth of Endicott River. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.

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Distribution:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AK, CO, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 45 species in Platanthera or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata. . Image Available.
Platanthera obtusata ssp. obtusata
bluntleaved orchid
Distribution of Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. oligantha (Turcz.) Hultén. .
Platanthera obtusata ssp. oligantha
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) 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 obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. – bluntleaved orchid
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) 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.

New York:
blunt-leaved orchid              Exploitably Vulnerable
Washington:
small northern bog-orchid              Sensitive
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.

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 FACW NO FACW NO NO NO NO FACW FACW NO FACW NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.

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 43411.

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

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

 
 
Time Generated: 10/25/2008 10:15 AM MDT