White Adder's-Mouth
Malaxis brachypoda
Habitat 3
Comments: In the northern part of its range, Malaxis brachypoda "occurs abundantly in open wet meadows in full sun, but farther south, around the Great Lakes or New England, it seeks the cover of wooded swamps. Here it will only be found scattered in shallow mossy depressions, often around the base of trees . . . and in soggy footpaths or deer trails through the woods." (Luer 1975). Around the Great Lakes, this species typically occurs in calcareous, white cedar fens in areas with low competition from other plant species (Case pers. comm. 1996).
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- (c) Superior National Forest, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malaxis_monophyllos_var_brachypoda_3-eheep_(5097457031).jpg
- (c) Sean Blaney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sean Blaney
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28997353
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Calflora
- CalPhotos
- 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)
- Jepson eFlora
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
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