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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
  6. Orchids
  7. Orchidoid Orchids

subfamily

Orchidoid Orchids

Orchidoideae

Includes
92 native 2 introduced 10 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Orchideae 51 native
  • Cranichideae 41 native
  • Diurideae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native orchidoid orchids All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid Platanthera psycodes caterpillars 2 food 1 flowers 10
  • White-fringed Orchid Platanthera blephariglottis caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 24
  • Orange Crested Orchid Platanthera cristata caterpillars 1 food 1 flowers 1
  • Frog Orchid Dactylorhiza viridis food 5
  • Lesser Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera repens food 4 flowers 3
  • White Bog Orchid Platanthera dilatata food 2 flowers 38
  • Green Bog Orchid Platanthera huronensis food 2 flowers 3
  • Sparse-flowered Bog Orchid Platanthera sparsiflora food 2 flowers 1
  • Slender Bog Orchid Platanthera stricta food 2
  • North Wind Bog Orchid Platanthera aquilonis food 2
  • Round-leaved Bog Orchid Platanthera orbiculata food 2
  • Elegant Rein Orchid Platanthera elegans food 2
  • Alaska Rein Orchid Platanthera unalascensis food 2
  • Denseflower Rein Orchid Platanthera elongata food 2
  • Blunt-leaved Rein Orchid Platanthera obtusata food 2
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