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==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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The common name is Crested Coralroot (Nelson 2005).
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
Found in rich woods, stream banks, hardwood slope forests, mixed pine and hardwood forests, and shortleaf pine-oak-hickory forests (Nelson 2005).
 
Found in rich woods, stream banks, hardwood slope forests, mixed pine and hardwood forests, and shortleaf pine-oak-hickory forests (Nelson 2005).

Revision as of 09:13, 17 June 2015

Hexalectris spicata
Hexalectris spicata Gil.jpg
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Orchidales
Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Hexalectris
Species: H. spicata
Binomial name
Hexalectris spicata
(Walter) Barnhart
HEXA SPIC dist.jpg
Natural range of Hexalectris spicata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

The common name is Crested Coralroot (Nelson 2005).

Distribution

Found in rich woods, stream banks, hardwood slope forests, mixed pine and hardwood forests, and shortleaf pine-oak-hickory forests (Nelson 2005).

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

References and notes

Nelson, Gil. East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers. A Field Guide to the Wildflowers of the East Gulf Coastal Plain, including Southwest Georgia, Northwest Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and Parts of Southeastern Louisiana. Guilford, CT: Falcon, 2005. 234. Print.

Photo Gallery

Photo taken by Gil Nelson