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Wildlife Spotting

Photo by Alison
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Field Notes

Description:

Plant is about 30 cm tall. The leaves are spikey and pale green.

Habitat:

Growing in a damp,mossy depression in basalt rock along the Bay of Fundy shore. I also saw them further inland, again in a boggy/mossy location.

Species ID Suggestions

Large purple fringed orchid

Platanthera grandiflora
maryemacaulay
1

Purple fringed orchid

Platanthera grandiflora
maryemacaulay
1

Comments (1)
Alison
Thanks. It looked like an orchid to me but I wasn't sure. It was beautiful in any case.

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Flowers of North America
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PublishedAugust 2, 2013

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