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Thursday, October 23, 2014

Small Whorled Pogonia (Threatened)

From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Midwest Region:




Small whorled pogonia, a threatened orchid of eastern hardwood forests, grows in leaf litter near small, intermittent forest streams. This little plant is the rarest orchid east of the Mississippi River!

Photo: Small whorled pogonia by Dale Suiter/USFWS.

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