Participant Info

Species

Corallorhiza maculata [Cladorhiza maculata]

Family

Orchidaceae

CommonName

spotted coralroot

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2015

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Big Meadows Reservoir (in flower) 17 July 2015

Comments

Spotted coralroot has been recorded rather often from both sides of the Watershed, in lower-montane dense woods understory. There are no collections from the Culebras, but many from their continuation into New Mexico. Corallorhiza maculata follows the Rio Grande drainage south as far as Big Bend, Texas. Its USA distribution overlaps with that of Calypso bulbosa, but everywhere is more common. There is a western population (var. occidentalis) disjunct from the eastern population (var. mculata), distinguished by the shape of the middle lip lobe.

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