Platanthera huronensis (Nutt.) Lindl.
Great Lakes rein orchid (green bog orchid; Huron green orchid)
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Great Lakes rein orchid (green bog orchid; Huron green orchid)
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from spindle-shaped stem-bases, with a few fibrous roots; stems 15-100 cm tall, leafy.
Leaves:
3 or more along stem, oblong to linear-lanceolate, 5-30 cm long, 0.6-7 cm wide, ascending, gradually reduced to bracts above.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a few- to densely-flowered spike, the flowers whitish-green, with bracts; lateral sepals spreading to slightly bent back, lanceolate, the upper sepal egg-shaped to nearly elliptic, slightly hooded at tip; petals egg-shaped to lance- or scythe-shaped; lip lanceolate to linear, 5-12 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, descending, entire, the base slightly to noticeably round-dilated; spur 4-12 mm long slenderly cylindrical to somewhat club-shaped, the tips gently tapered; anther sacs high, rising above stigmas, the tips separated, the bases diverging slightly; viscidia oblong.
Fruits:
Capsules, ascending to erect.
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 Platanthera huronensis
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) |
1785 | 1785 | 1785 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
14 | 14 | 14 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
104 | 104 | 104 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 6 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
ESSF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
ESSF(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Wet grassy slopes, stream and lake margins, bogs, swamps and open forests in the montane to alpine zones; infrequent in BC, east of the Coast-Cascade mountains; N to AK, E to NF and S to ME, MA, NY, MI, WI, MN, IA and CO.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Habenaria huronensis (Nutt.) Spreng.
Habenaria hyperborea var. huronensis (Nutt.) Farw.
Platanthera hyperborea var. huronensis (Nutt.) Luer
Platanthera hyperborea var. major Lange