Participant Info

Species

Platanthera aquilonis [Platanthera hyperborea] [Habenaria hyperborea]

Family

Orchidaceae

CommonName

northern green orchid

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2024

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Saguache, Archuleta

Passes

Medano

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Turcker Ponds 23 July 2019

Comments

In the Watershed northern bog orchid has been collected more frequently than P. huronensis or P. tescamis. It grows in a variety of mesic habitats of both sides of the Valley, usually shaded stream sides but also open hillside seeps. The one Lower Basin collection (1989) was from the Conejos River bottomland where Hwy 285 crosses it. The USA distribution of the species covers the Rocky Mountains (including New Mexico) and the northern third of the country. It follows the Rio Grande drainage only as far as Sandoval Co, New Mexico.

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