Ram's-head Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium arietinum
Summary 5
Cypripedium arietinum, the ram's head lady's slipper, is a rare orchid that grows in lightly shaded areas with calcareous soils. It is characteristic of the alvars around the Great Lakes in North America, as well as in New England. In Canada, it is found from Quebec to Saskatchewan, plus an isolated population in Nova Scotia, where it grows on gypsum based soils, 330 km away from the nearest population in Maine.
Sources and Credits
- (c) Superior National Forest, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/superiornationalforest/5098053504/
- (c) NC Orchid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/ncorchid/35133466001/
- (c) NC Orchid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/ncorchid/35097307332/
- (c) pverdonk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/per_verdonk/4678823782/
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypripedium_arietinum
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
