Plants Profile for Arethusa bulbosa (dragon's mouth)

General Information
Symbol:	ARBU
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Orchidaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 562. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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	Arethusa L. – dragon's mouth
Species	Arethusa bulbosa L. – dragon's mouth

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Connecticut arethusa Endangered
Indiana swamp-pink Extirpated
Maryland arethusa Endangered, Extirpated
Massachusetts arethusa Threatened
New Hampshire arethusa Endangered
New York swamp pink Threatened
North Carolina bog rose Endangered
Ohio dragon's-mouth Endangered
Pennsylvania swamp-pink Endangered
Rhode Island swarnp pink Endangered
Vermont arethusa Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL