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Yellow Lady Slipper

Cypripedium calceolus

Photo by Tamarac Craig
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Field Notes

Description:

yellow mocassin shpaed orchid type flower with parallel striated leaf veins running the length of the leaf from tip to base. Approx 12-20 inches high. blossom the size of a walnut or slightly larger in some cases.

Habitat:

Woodland roadside ditch near Tamarac NWR in and near a deciduous aspen and maple dominant area not far from a praire pothole.

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Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
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PublishedJune 9, 2013

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