Plants Profile for Platanthera ciliaris (yellow fringed orchid)

General Information
Symbol:	PLCI2
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Orchidaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

©Elaine Haug. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. United States, NC, Wilmington, University of North Carolina Education Garden. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 557. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
BLCI2	Blephariglotis ciliaris (L.) Rydb.
HACI7	Habenaria ciliaris (L.) R. Br.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 ciliaris (L.) Lindl. – yellow fringed orchid

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Connecticut yellow-fringed orchid Threatened
Florida yellow-fringed orchid Threatened
Illinois yellow fringed orchid Endangered
Indiana yellow-fringe orchis Endangered
Maryland yellow fringed orchid Threatened
Michigan orange or yellow fringed orchid Threatened
New York orange fringed orchis Endangered
Ohio yellow fringed orchid Threatened
Pennsylvania yellow fringed-orchid Threatened
Rhode Island yellow fringed orchid Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	FACW
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW