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Revision as of 15:04, 17 May 2019

Habenaria quinqueseta
Habenaria quinqueseta Gil.jpg
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Habenaria
Species: H. quinqueseta
Binomial name
Habenaria quinqueseta
(Michx.) Eaton
HABE QUIN dist.jpg
Natural range of Habenaria quinqueseta from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Longhorn bog orchid; Long-horned habenaria; Michaux’s orchid; Longhorn false reinorchid

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Habenaria quinqueseta var. quinqueseta

Description

A description of Habenaria quinqueseta is provided in The Flora of North America.

Habenaria quinqueseta is a perennial herbaceous species.

Distribution

Habenaria quinqueseta is distributed along the southeastern coastal plain, from South Carolina south to southern Florida and west to southeastern Texas.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

H. quinqueseta is generally found in moist hardwood hammocks, wet pine flatwoods, ditches, and Altamaha Grit outcrops.[1] It has been observed in moist to dry loamy or sandy soils of longleaf pine savannas and open mixed woodlands.[2]

Associated species include Pinus, Quercus, Magnolia, Cornus, Liquidambar styraciflua, Vaccinium, Pinus taeda, and Quercus nigra.[2]

Phenology

This species generally flowers between August and October.[1] It has been observed flowering and fruiting in September and October.[2]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity. [3]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. Kral, U. Reis, Richard R. Clinebell II, Leon Neel, and Paul C. Standley. States and Counties: Florida: Leon. Georgia: Dougherty and Thomas. Country: Honduras
  3. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.