PLANTS Profile for Platanthera nivea (snowy orchid)

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Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer
snowy orchid

Symbol:

PLNI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Habenaria nivea

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Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

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Synonyms:
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

	GYNI2	Gymnadeniopsis nivea (Nutt.) Rydb.
	HANI2	Habenaria nivea (Nutt.) Spreng.

Native Status:
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 48 species in Platanthera

Classification:
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

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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	Platanthera Rich. – fringed orchid
Species	Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer – snowy orchid

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

This plant is 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.

Arkansas:
snowy orchid		Endangered
Florida:
snowy orchid		Threatened
New Jersey:
snowy orchid		Endangered
North Carolina:
snowy orchid		Threatened
Tennessee:
snowy orchid		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Platanthera nivea (Nutt.) Luer

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43434.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 05:06 AM CDT