Goodyera oblongifolia Raf.
rattlesnake-plantain (large-leaved rattlesnake orchid; western rattlesnake plantain)
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
rattlesnake-plantain (large-leaved rattlesnake orchid; western rattlesnake plantain)
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizomes and thickened roots; stems 20-40 cm tall, with bracts, lacking leaves, glandular-hairy.
Leaves:
In a basal cluster, the stalks 5-20 mm long, the blades usually oblong-elliptic, 3-7 cm long, dark green, usually blotched with white along midvein or white-veined.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a terminal, 1-sided and often spiraled, bracted, spikelike raceme, the flowers greenish-white, small; sepals 1-veined, lateral sepals about 5 mm long, the upper sepal 6-11 mm long, joined with lateral petals to form a hood over the lip; lip 5-7 mm long, pouchlike, beaked; column 3-5 mm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, ascending to erect, about 10 mm long.
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 oblongifolia
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) |
1005 | 0 | 2854 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
25 | 0 | 410 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
238 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
8551 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ICH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(40), CDF(60), CWH(1006), ESSF(1054), ICH(2948), IDF(1185), MH(73), MS(783), PP(17), SBPS(90), SBS(948), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry to moist, mossy forests in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; common throughout BC, south of 56 degrees N; N to AK, E to PQ, NB and NS and S to ME, MI, WI, NE, NM, AZ and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Goodyera decipiens (Hook.) F.T. Hubbard
Goodyera oblongifolia var. reticulata Boivin
Peramium decipiens (Hook.) Piper
Peramium menziesii Lindl.