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Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr.
Tall neottia, Tall lady’s-tresses

Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South 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: Possibly Extirpated or Extinct

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Ranked as possibly extirpated in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002; pp 175-176) based on the last observation in 1980 at Big and Little George Hammocks in Miami-Dade County. Tall neottia was rediscovered in the Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park in 2009. For a media account of this discovery, see the Naples News.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Synonyms: Spiranthes elata.

Other data on Cyclopogon elatus available from :

Cyclopogon elatus has been found in the following 2 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big and Little George Hammocks Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native

Cyclopogon elatus has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Collier County Native
Miami-Dade County Presumed Extirpated Presumed Extirpated

Cyclopogon elatus has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Rockland Hammock
Strand Swamp

All Images:

Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 14 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Photograph of one of the last known plants in
Miami-Dade County, c. 1980
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Photograph of one of the last known plants in
Miami-Dade County, c. 1980
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 22 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 22 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA
Cyclopogon elatus
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley, 15 March 2009
In habitat, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park
Collier County, Florida, USA