PLANTS Profile for Platanthera sparsiflora var. ensifolia (sparse-flowered bog orchid)

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Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer
sparse-flowered bog orchid

Symbol:

PLSPE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

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Synonyms:
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

LIEN2

Limnorchis ensifolia Rydb.

Distribution:
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CO, NM, NV, OR, UT)

Related Taxa:
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 48 species in Platanthera, 2 varieties in Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr.

Classification:
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

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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 sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. – sparse-flowered bog orchid
Variety	Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer – sparse-flowered bog orchid

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

This plant and the related entityitalicized and indented below are 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.

Arizona:
		Salvage restricted
Washington:
Platanthera sparsiflora
canyon bog-orchid		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

Platanthera sparsiflora:

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

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Platanthera sparsiflora (S. Watson) Schltr. var. ensifolia (Rydb.) Luer

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529718.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 11:47 PM CDT