Plants Profile for Corallorhiza trifida (yellow coralroot)

General Information
Symbol:	COTR18
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Orchidaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N GL 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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©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Canada, Alberta, Jasper National Park, Beaver Lake. Usage Requirements.

©G.A. Cooper. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Canada, Alberta, Banff National Park, Johnson Lake. 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: 574. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
COCO40	Corallorhiza corallorhiza (L.) Karst., nom. inval.
COTRV2	Corallorhiza trifida Chatelain var. verna (Nutt.) Fernald
COCO23	Corallorrhiza corallorrhiza (L.) Karst., orth. var., nom. inval.
COTRV	Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain var. verna (Nutt.) Fernald, orth. var.
COTR3	Corallorrhiza trifida Chatelain, orth. var.	yellow coralroot

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	Corallorhiza Gagnebin, orth. cons. – coralroot
Species	Corallorhiza trifida Chatelain – yellow coralroot

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 Corallorrhiza trifida early coralroot Threatened
Indiana Corallorrhiza trifida var. verna early coralroot Extirpated
Maryland Corallorrhiza trifida early coralroot Endangered
Ohio Corallorrhiza trifida early coral-root Endangered
Rhode Island early coralroot Special Concern

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Alaska	FACW
Arid West	FAC
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FACW
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACW
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FACW
Northcentral & Northeast	FACW
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC