Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br.
dwarf rattlesnake orchid (lesser rattlesnake plantain)
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
dwarf rattlesnake orchid (lesser rattlesnake plantain)
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizomes; stems 10-25 cm tall, with bracts, lacking leaves, glandular-hairy.
Leaves:
In a basal cluster, the stalks 5-15 mm long, the blades egg-shaped to oblong-elliptic, 1-3 cm long, dark green, sometimes whitish net-veined.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal, somewhat twisted, 1-sided, bracted, spikelike raceme, the flowers greenish-white, small; sepals 3-3.5 mm long, 1-veined, the upper sepal joined with lateral petals to form a hood over the lip; lip 3-3.5 mm long, pouchlike, beaked.
Fruits:
Capsules, ascending or divergent, egg-shaped, 5-9 mm long, tipped by dried flowers.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Goodyera repens
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
890 | 6 | 1922 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
16 | 0 | 205 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
4 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 1 | 7 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
948 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BWBS | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(294), CDF(2), CWH(5), ESSF(33), ICH(190), IDF(54), MS(47), SBPS(4), SBS(220), SWB(8) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist, mossy forests in the steppe and montane zones; frequent throughout C and E BC; circumpolar, N to AK and YT, E to NF and S to ME, MA, PA, SC, IN, WI, MN, SD, NM and AZ; Eurasia.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Goodyera ophioides (Fern.) Rydb.
Goodyera repens subsp. ophioides (Fernald) A. L÷ve & Simon
Goodyera repens var. ophioides Fernald
Peramium ophioides (Fern.) Rydb.