PLANTS Profile for Platanthera obtusata ssp. obtusata (bluntleaved orchid)

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PLANTS Profile

Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata
bluntleaved orchid

Symbol:

PLOBO3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

Lysiella obtusata

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

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Synonyms:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

	HAOB2	Habenaria obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Richardson
	HAOBC	Habenaria obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Richardson var. collectanea Fernald
	LYOB2	Lysiella obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Rydb.

Distribution:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata


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USA (AK, CO, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

View 126 genera in Orchidaceae, 48 species in Platanthera, 2 subspecies in Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl.

Classification:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

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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 obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. – bluntleaved orchid
Subspecies	Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata – bluntleaved orchid

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Platanthera obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

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.

New York:
Platanthera obtusata
blunt-leaved orchid		Exploitably Vulnerable
Washington:
Platanthera obtusata
small northern bog-orchid		Sensitive

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 obtusata (Banks ex Pursh) Lindl. ssp. obtusata

Platanthera obtusata:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 12:58 AM CDT