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Aplectrum hyemale

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Aplectrum hyemale is a species of orchids in the family Orchidaceae native to the eastern United States and Canada, from Oklahoma east to the Carolinas and north to Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec and Massachusetts. It is particularly common in the Appalachian Mountains, the Great Lakes Region, and the Ohio and Upper Mississippi Valleys. Isolated populations are also reported from Arizona.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) NC Orchid, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/56868999@N00/45926181
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplectrum_hyemale

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Color brown, green, white