Platanthera integra
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Platanthera integra |
| Common name: | green fringed orchid |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 1 - 2' |
| Foliage: | Middle of the stem with small, narrow, pointed leaves. Bottom leaves similar but larger. |
| Flower: | 1/2" yellowish-green or -white to sordid-yellow or bronzy |
| Flowering time: | late June-late July |
| Habitat: | swamps and bogs |
| Range in New Jersey: | Pine Barrens swamps. Very rare. |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | Northern, Middle & Cape May districts; occasional on the coast |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | USDA
lists as a facultative wetland: Usually occurs in wetlands
(estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands. This orchid was rare even in Stone's time: "All our efforts to find this orchid have failed, although likely spots in the Pine Barrens have been diligently searched." Species name, integra, means "entire", from the lip of the flower, which is not fringed, but "entire". |