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Vascular Plant Database Family Results



Category: Monocots

Family Name: Orchidaceae

Species Name
 
Aplectrum -  Maps/Photos
  1. Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Nutt   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
     Common Name: Adam and Eve
 
Calopogon -  Maps/Photos
  2. Calopogon oklahomensis D.H. Goldman (TN Endangered Species-Possibly Extirpated)  
     Common Name: Oklahoma grasspink
  3. Calopogon tuberosus (L.) B.S.P.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: tuberous grasspink
     Synonymns:
      Calopogon pulchellus R. Br. ex Ait. f.
 
Cleistes -  Maps/Photos
  4. Cleistes bifaria (Fern.) Catling & Gregg   
     Common Name: small spreading pogonia, rosebud orchid
     Synonymns:
      Cleistes divaricata (L.) Ames var. bifaria Fern.
 
Coeloglossum -  Maps/Photos
  5. Coeloglossum viride var. virescens  (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: longbract frog orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria viridis (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. var. bracteata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Reichenb. ex Gray
 
Corallorhiza -  Maps/Photos
  6. Corallorhiza maculata (Raf.) Raf. (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: summer coralroot
  7. Corallorhiza odontorhiza (Willd.) Nutt.   
     Common Name: autumn coralroot
  8. Corallorhiza wisteriana Conrad   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: spring coralroot
 
Cypripedium -  Maps/Photos
  9. Cypripedium acaule Ait. (TN Special Concern Species-Commercially Exploited)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: Pink Lady's Slipper, Moccasin Flower
  10. Cypripedium kentuckiense C.F. Reed (TN Endangered Species)  
     Common Name: Kentucky lady's slipper
  11. Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: lesser yellow lady's slipper
     Synonymns:
      Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fern.
  12. Cypripedium pubescens Willd.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: greater yellow lady's slipper
     Synonymns:
      Cypripedium calceolus L. var. pubescens (Willd.) Correll
  13. Cypripedium reginae Walt. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: showy lady's slipper
 
Epipactis -  Maps/Photos
  14. Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz*   
     Common Name: broadleaf helleborine
 
Galearis -  Maps/Photos
  15. Galearis spectabilis (L.) Raf.   
     Common Name: showy orchid
     Synonymns:
      Orchis spectabilis L.
 
Goodyera -  Maps/Photos
  16. Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: downy rattlesnake plantain
  17. Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: lesser rattlesnake plantain
 
Hexalectris -  Maps/Photos
  18. Hexalectris spicata (Walt.) Barnhart   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: spiked crested coralroot
 
Isotria -  Maps/Photos
  19. Isotria medeoloides (Pursh) Raf. (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Listed Threatened)
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: green fiveleaf orchid
  20. Isotria verticillata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: purple fiveleaf orchid
 
Liparis -  Maps/Photos
  21. Liparis liliifolia (L.) Rich. ex Lindl   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: lilyleaved twayblade, brown widelip orchid
  22. Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: fen orchid, yellow widelip orchid
 
Listera -  Maps/Photos
  23. Listera australis Lindl. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: southern twayblade
  24. Listera smallii Wieg.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: kidneyleaf twayblade
 
Malaxis -  Maps/Photos
  25. Malaxis unifolia Michx   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
     Common Name: green adder's-mouth orchid
 
Platanthera -  Maps/Photos
  26. Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: yellow fringed orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria ciliaris (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
  27. Platanthera clavellata (Michx.) Luer   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: small green wood orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria clavellata (Michx.) Spreng.
  28. Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: crested yellow orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria cristata (Michx.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
  29. Platanthera flava var. flava    
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: palegreen orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria flava (L.) R. Br.
  30. Platanthera flava var. herbiola  (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: palegreen orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria flava (L.) R. Br. var. herbiola (R. Br.
  31. Platanthera grandiflora (Bigelow) Lindl. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: greater purple fringed orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria grandiflora (Bigelow) Torr.
  32. Platanthera integra (Nutt.) Gray ex Beck (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: yellow fringeless orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria integra (Nutt.) Spreng.
  33. Platanthera integrilabia (Correll) Luer (TN Endangered Species)  (Fed Candidate Species)
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: monkeyface
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria blephariglottis (Willd.) Hook. var. inte
  34. Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G. Don   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: green fringed orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria lacera (Michx.) R. Br.
  35. Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: snowy orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria nivea (Nutt.) Spreng.
  36. Platanthera orbiculata (Pursh) Lindl. (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: lesser roundleaved orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria orbiculata (Pursh) Torr.
  37. Platanthera peramoena (Gray) Gray   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: purple fringeless orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria peramoena Gray
  38. Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: lesser purple fringed orchid
     Synonymns:
      Habenaria psycodes (L.) Spreng.
 
Pogonia -  Maps/Photos
  39. Pogonia ophioglossoides (L.) Juss. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: rose pogonia, snakemouth orchid
 
Ponthieva -  Maps/Photos
  40. Ponthieva racemosa (Walt.) C. Mohr (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
     Common Name: hairy shadow witch
 
Spiranthes -  Maps/Photos
  41. Spiranthes cernua (L.) Rich   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: nodding ladies'-tresses
  42. Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis    
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: northern slender ladies'-tresses
     Synonymns:
      Spiranthes gracilis (Bigelow) Beck
  43. Spiranthes lucida (H.H. Eat.) Ames (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
     Common Name: shining ladies'-tresses
  44. Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak (TN Special Concern Species)  
     Common Name: Great Plains ladies tresses
  45. Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb. (TN Endangered Species-Possibly Extirpated)  
     Common Name: yellow nodding ladies'-tresses
     Synonymns:
      Spiranthes cernua (L.) L.C. Rich. var. ochroleuca (Rydb.) Ames
  46. Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: marsh ladies'-tresses
     Synonymns:
      Spiranthes cernua (L.) L.C. Rich. var. odorata (Nutt.) Correll
  47. Spiranthes ovalis Lindl.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: October ladies'-tresses
  48. Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.   
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Upland
     Common Name: little ladies'-tresses
     Synonymns:
      Spiranthes grayi Ames
  49. Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & Gray   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: spring ladies'-tresses
 
Tipularia -  Maps/Photos
  50. Tipularia discolor (Pursh) Nutt.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: cranefly orchid
 
Triphora -  Maps/Photos
  51. Triphora trianthophora (Sw.) Rydb   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: three birds orchid, nodding caps

 

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