Spiranthes ovalis

Classification	Monocots
Family	Orchidaceae
Family (Traditional)	Orchidaceae
Genus	Spiranthes
Species:	Spiranthes ovalis
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
C value
Status
Specimen(s)	View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Spiranthes ovalis Catling var. erostellata

Currently no photos are available for this plant.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Caldwell (KY), Carter (KY), Hart (KY), Laurel (KY), McLean (KY), Madison (KY), Anderson (TN), Franklin (TN), Hardeman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Lake (TN), Madison (TN), Montgomery (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Tipton (TN), Unicoi (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1969 - 2008

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
HTTU010928		Tennessee			HTTU Spiranthes ovalis
MEM012970	Tipton	Tennessee	14 Sep 1969	Sarah J. Warrington 511	MEM Spiranthes ovalis
MEM012603	Madison	Tennessee	12 Sep 1970	Richard L. Beardsley 711	MEM Spiranthes ovalis
UCHT008659	Humphreys	Tennessee			UCHT Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074060	Sevier	Tennessee	09 Oct 2008	Loy R. Phillippe, Valerie Sivicek, Jim Payne 41494	TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074061	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074056	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074058	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074062	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074057	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074054	Humphreys	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074052	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074053	Hardeman	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074059	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074055	Lake	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
TENN-V-0074051	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Spiranthes ovalis
BEREA005229	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Spiranthes ovalis
BEREA005230	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Spiranthes ovalis
31234100113313	Anderson	Kentucky		William S. Bryant	EKY Spiranthes ovalis
31234100113297	Carter	Kentucky		Richard H. Hannan	EKY Spiranthes ovalis
31234100113289	Hart	Kentucky		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Spiranthes ovalis
31234100113321	McLean	Kentucky		Richard H. Hannan	EKY Spiranthes ovalis
31234100113305	Caldwell	Kentucky		Richard H. Hannan	EKY Spiranthes ovalis
31234100113339	Laurel	Kentucky		Richard H. Hannan	EKY Spiranthes ovalis

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