Map Snapshot


















155 Records
Seasonality Snapshot
Use of media featured on Maryland Biodiversity Project is only permitted with express permission of the photographer.
A Green-fringed Orchid blooming in Charles Co., Maryland (7/20/2016).
View Record Details
Media by
Stewart Grand.
Green-fringed Orchid in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/3/2016).
View Record Details
Media by
Jared Satchell.
Green-fringed Orchid in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/4/2016).
View Record Details
Media by
Wayne Longbottom.
Green-fringed Orchid in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/28/2016).
View Record Details
Media by
Wayne Longbottom.
Green-fringed Orchid blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/12/2013).
View Record Details
Media by
Matt Tillett.
Green-fringed Orchid in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/10/2007).
View Record Details
Media by
Gary Van Velsir.
A Green-fringed Orchid in Queen Annes Co., Maryland (6/26/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Dan Small.
Green-fringed Orchid in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/8/2019).
View Record Details
Media by
Robert Warren.
A Green-fringed Orchid in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/26/2014).
Media by
Dan Small.
Green-fringed Orchid in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/7/2016).
View Record Details
Media by
Wayne Longbottom.
Green-fringed Orchid in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/5/1981).
View Record Details
Media by
Jim Stasz.
A Green-fringed Orchid in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Jim Brighton.
A Green-fringed Orchid in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2018).
View Record Details
Media by
Robert Warren.
Green-fringed Orchid in Howard Co., Maryland (6/24/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Chelsea Kieffer.
Green-fringed Orchid in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/24/2016).
View Record Details
Media by
Jared Satchell.
Green-fringed Orchid in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/25/2023). (c) richard crook, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
View Record Details
Media by
rwcrook via iNaturalist.
Green-fringed Orchid blooming in Caroline Co., Maryland (6/24/2017).
Media by
Bill Hubick.
Green-fringed Orchid in Caroline Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
View Record Details
Media by
Bill Hubick.
A Green-fringed Orchid (stem and leaves) in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (6/26/2014).
Media by
Dan Small.
Green-fringed Orchid in Howard Co., Maryland (6/24/2014).
View Record Details
Media by
Chelsea Kieffer.
A Green-fringed Orchid in Howard Co., Maryland (7/10/2014).
Media by
Joanne Solem.
Green-fringed Orchid in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
View Record Details
Media by
Bill Hubick.
Green-fringed Orchid in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/6/2019).
Media by
Bill Hubick.
Green-fringed Orchid in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
View Record Details
Media by
Bill Hubick.
A Green-fringed Orchid blooming in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/5/1981).
View Record Details
Media by
Jim Stasz.
Green-fringed Orchid in Dorchester Co., Maryland (6/12/2019). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
View Record Details
Media by
Wayne Longbottom.
Source: Wikipedia
Green fringed-orchid | |
---|---|
Platanthera lacera at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
Genus: | Platanthera |
Species: | P. lacera
|
Binomial name | |
Platanthera lacera (Michx.) G.Don
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Platanthera lacera is an orchid in the genus Platanthera, native throughout Eastern United States and Canada. It occurs in a variety of habitats ranging from “mesic and dry-mesic sand prairie, wet sedge meadow, calcareous fen, sphagnum bog, acid seep spring, dry field, mesic flatwoods, and mesic upland forests.”[1] Common names include ragged fringed orchid and green fringed orchid.
Identification
[edit]It is a perennial growing 20 to 77 centimeters (8 to 30+1⁄3 in) tall. 2 to 7 lanceolate to narrow elliptic leaves should be present. The inflorescence is a terminal racemic structure, 4 to 25 centimeters (1+1⁄2 to 9+3⁄4 in) long with 15 to 60 whitish-green flowers.[1]
Pollination
[edit]The flowers are fragrant at night and are pollinated by crepuscular moths.
References
[edit]