PLANTS Profile for Hexalectris spicata var. spicata (spiked crested coralroot)

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PLANTS Profile

Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata
spiked crested coralroot

Symbol:

HESPS3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata

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Distribution:
Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata


View Native Status

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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 7 species in Hexalectris, 1 varieties in Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart

Classification:
Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Hexalectris Raf. – crested coralroot
Species	Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart – spiked crested coralroot
Variety	Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata – spiked crested coralroot

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coral root		Salvage restricted
Florida:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coral-root		Endangered
Illinois:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coral-root orchid		Endangered
Indiana:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coralroot		Rare
Maryland:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coralroot		Endangered, Extirpated
New Mexico:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coralroot		Endangered
Ohio:
Hexalectris spicata
crested coral-root		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata

Hexalectris spicata:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

UPL

FACU

UPL

FACU-

UPL*

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Hexalectris spicata (Walter) Barnhart var. spicata

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531414.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 02:55 PM CDT