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Cyclopogon elatus (Sw.) Schltr.
Tall ladies-tresses (PLANTS)

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

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Synonyms: Spiranthes elata.

Other data on Cyclopogon elatus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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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