PLANTS Profile for Cypripedium acaule (moccasin flower)

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PLANTS Profile

Cypripedium acaule Aiton
moccasin flower

Symbol:

CYAC3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Cypripedium acaule Aiton

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Synonyms:
Cypripedium acaule Aiton

FIAC

Fissipes acaulis (Aiton) Small

Distribution:
Cypripedium acaule Aiton


View Native Status

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

Related Taxa:
Cypripedium acaule Aiton

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Cypripedium

Classification:
Cypripedium acaule 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 acaule Aiton – moccasin flower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cypripedium acaule 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.

Georgia:
pink ladyslipper		Unusual
Illinois:
lady's-slipper orchid		Endangered
New York:
pink ladyslipper		Exploitably Vulnerable
Tennessee:
pink lady's-slipper		Commercially Exploited, Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cypripedium acaule Aiton

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACU

FAC

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cypripedium acaule Aiton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43534.

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: 10/23/2008 07:01 PM MDT