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Greater Purple Fringed Orchid

Platanthera grandiflora

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Field Notes

Description:

Purple-magenta flowers, in a spike with fringed & lobed lip.

Habitat:

Old beaver dam of a beaver pond.

Notes:

Conservation Status: vulnerable (S3?) in Québec, CA (NatureServe)

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Orchids of the Americas
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PublishedJuly 8, 2013

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