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| Malaxis paludosa (L.) Sw. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Orchidaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Malaxis | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Hammarba paludosa (L.) Kuntze | ||||||||
| Common Names: | bog adder’s-mouth orchid | ||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southwestern Mackenzie District, northwestern and central British Columbia, central Alberta, northwestern and central Saskatchewan, west-central Manitoba, west-central Ontario | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northwestern and central Saskatchewan; McKague – Macdowall, Lake Athabasca | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Boreal Transition, Mid-Boreal Upland, Churchill River Upland, Athabasca Plain | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | wet black spruce woods and bogs | ||||||||
| Canada: | black spruce, bog birch, English sundew, flatleaf bladderwort, water arum | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G3 N3 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Bog adder’s-mouth orchid is endangered because it is rare in Saskatchewan and is almost always locally sparse. No immediate threats are known at the present time. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 3 - 20 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | underground corms; roots fibrous | ||||||||
| Stems: | swelling at base; stem erect, very slender | ||||||||
| Leaves: | blades 1 or rarely 2, basal or inserted near the middle of stem, 2 – 8 cm long, 1 – 5 cm wide, oval to elliptic, light green; stalk sheathing stem | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | unbranched, 1 – 9 cm long, 2 – 30-flowered, slender, spike-like; floral bracts lance-shaped; stalks 2 – 3 mm long | ||||||||
| Flowers: | right side up, small; sepals and petals less than 3 mm long, green or yellowish; dorsal sepal oval to lance-shaped, erect, lateral sepals reflexed; petals half as long as sepals, strongly recurved; lip oval, erect, conspicuously green-nerved | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule ascending | ||||||||
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