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Orchid Species List for South Toe Valley/Black Mts

  • Showy Orchis (Galearis spectabilis)

  • Pink Ladyslipper  (Cypripedium acaule)

  • Yellow Ladyslipper  (Cypripedium p​arviflorum)

  • Large Whorled Pogonia  (Isotria​ verticillata)

  • Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medioloides)

  • Puttyroot  (Aplectrum hyemale)*

  • Lily-Leaved Twayblade  (L​iparis liliifolia)

  • Fen Orch​id  (Liparis loeselii)

  • Appalachian Twayblade  (Neottia smallii)

  • Large Purple Fringed Orchid  (Platanthe​ra grandiflora)

  • Small Purple Fringed Orchid  (Platant​hera psycodes)

  • Ragged Fringed Orchid  (Platanthera lacera)

  • Rosebud Orchid (Cleistes divaricata)

  • Rose Pogonia  (Pogonia​ ophioglossoides)

  • Adder’s Mouth​  (Malaxis unifolia)

  • Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain ​  (Goodyera repens)*

  • Downy Rattlesnake Plantain  (Goodyera pubescens)*
  • Club-Spur Orchid  (Platanthera clavellata)

  • Yellow Fringed Orchid​  (Platanthera ciliaris)

  • Slender Ladies’ Tress​es  (Spiranthes lacera)

  • Three-Birds Orchid  (Triphora trianthophora)

  • Cranefly Or​chid  (Tipularia discolor)*

  • Spotted Coralroo​t  (Corallorhiza maculata)

  • Autumn Coralroot ​ (Corallorhiza odontorhiza)

  • Nodding Ladies’ Tresses  (Spiranthes cernua)

*Has a winter leaf.

Updated in 2018 by​ Tal Galton, Snakeroot Ecotours

Yellow (orange) Fringed Orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), as seen on a guided orchid walk
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