Yellow Lady's Tresses Orchid
The Yellow Lady's Tresses Orchid is early this year. It's Nova Scotia's latest blooming orchid showing flower heads up to the first frost. The stalk has a spiraling growth pattern and nodding flower heads. They are more abundant this year so it seams. Yellow Lady's Tresses Orchid
Spiranthes ochroleuca
Spiranthes ochroleuca, commonly called the yellow nodding lady's tresses,[2] is a species of orchid occurring from southeastern Canada to the eastern United States. Distribution and habitatSpiranthes ochroleuca is native in eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Prince Edward Island), throughout the Northeastern United States, and in the southeastern United States (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia).[1] Its habitats include open woodlands, thickets, meadows, barrens, ledges, outcrops, banks and roadsides.
Keywords:
Canada,
Nova Scotia,
Orchids of Nova Scotia,
Wild Flora of Nova Scotia,
Yellow Lady's Tresses Orchid
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