USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Beauty of It AllMeet The Ladies: The Slipper OrchidsCypripedium acaule: Moccasin flower, pink lady's slipperThe moccasin flower, or pink lady's slipper, occurs from central and eastern Canada, south across the north central and northeastern United States. Cypripedium acaule has two basal leaves from which emerge the flowering stem carrying a single flower. The pouch is mauve to magenta and has a split in the front instead of the usual round opening. Cypripedium acaule grows in mixed hardwood coniferous forests of pine and hemlock on rocky/mossy slopes in semi-open or in deep humus and acidic but well-drained soil under birch and other deciduous trees of eastern United States forests. For More Information |
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