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Platanthera ciliaris (L.) Lindl.

Common Name: ORANGE FRINGED ORCHID
Coefficient of Conservatism: 10
Coefficient of Wetness: -3
Wetness Index: FACW
Physiognomy: Nt P-Forb
Status: E

Habenaria ciliaris of Michigan Flora.

In sphagnum bogs; rarely in moist acid sandy meadows and oak savannas, although more historical records are apparently from this habitat.

Occasionally occurs with P. blephariglottis in the southwestern Lower Peninsula and there hybridizing with it (see discussion under P. blephariglottis).

A. A. Reznicek

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Counties
Allegan
Bay
Berrien
Calhoun
Cass
Ingham
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Kent
Monroe
Muskegon
Oakland
St. Clair
St. Joseph
Van Buren
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 16, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1826