PLANTS Profile for Cypripedium montanum (mountain lady's slipper)

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Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.
mountain lady's slipper

Symbol:

CYMO2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

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Distribution:
Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 15 species in Cypripedium

Classification:
Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex 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	Cypripedium L. – lady's slipper
Species	Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl. – mountain lady's slipper

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC-

FACU

FAC-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 43537.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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 Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/29/2008 11:23 PM MDT