Copyright by: Chuck McCartney, 29 May 1988
Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Family: Orchidaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: South Florida, the West Indies (Cuba, Bahamas), Mexico and Central America.
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
NatureServe Global Status:
Apparently Secure
State of Florida Status:
Endangered
Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status:
Critically Imperiled
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as critically imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (
Gann et al. 2002; pp 284-286) based on one extant occurrence within Everglades National Park. Using updated NatureServe criteria two occurrences are present, one in the Long Pine Key area and one in the Cape Sable region. No new extant occurrences are known.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: See also, IRC’s report
Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 93.