Participant Info

Species

Platanthera sparsiflora [Platanthera tescamnis] [Limnorchis sparsiflora] [Limnorchis laxiflora] etc.

Family

Orchidaceae

CommonName

sparsely flowered bog orchid

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1979

LatestDate

1981

Ecosystem

basin

Geobotanical

UBasin

Counties

Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Of Platanthera sparsiflora there are only two Watershed vouchers, both from Valley View Hot Springs in Saguache Co (1979, 1981). This species has given taxonomists much trouble, and its distribution in the Watershed is tentative at best. In New Mexico it follows the Rio Grande drainage from counties adjacent to Colorado (Rio Arriba and Taos) down to the border with Mexico. It is distributed through New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, and Oregon. Note that Ackerfield 2022 treats this taxon as Platanthera tescamnis.

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