Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  Iowa

• County/Municipio

  Wapello Co.

• Locality

  An approximately 3.5 acre field, owned by Mike and Tami Paris, occurs about 3.5 miles south of Ottumwa. Field is on the Southern Iowa Drift Plain.

• Coordinates

  40.9353, -92.4191

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application to convert Township Range Section coordinates (Public Land Survey System) to decimal degree (high precision).

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

No botanical uses.

Ada Hayden Herbarium
Iowa State University
Flora of Iowa
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Wapello County: T71N R14W Section 24 SW4 NE4 NW4 SE4
UTM (NAD83,15T): 549118 East, 4531640 North
An approximately 3.5 acre field, owned by Mike and Tami Paris, occurs about
3.5 miles south of Ottumwa. It was probably crop ground years ago based on
being gently sloping, on a ridge top and dominated by Andropoaon virainicus.
The field also appears to be crop ground in black and white aerial photography
from the late 1930’s. It is on the Southern Iowa Drift Plain.
We found at least 70 genets in bloom during a casual survey—there are
probably 100 to 200 (perhaps more) genets. The petals and sepals are white,
while the lips are white with green centers. The collection comes from a
gentle, west-facing slope. Spiranthes lacera is associated with Achillea
millefolium. Ambrosia artemisiifolia. Aster pilosus. Daucus carota. Diodia teres.
Juniperus virginiana. Kummerowia stioulacea. Pasoalum setaceum. Plantaao
lanceolata. Rudbeckia hirta. Ruellia humilis. Solidaao nemoralis. Solidaao
rigida. Toxicodendron radicans. Tridens flavus and Trifolium pratense.
Mark J. Leoschke 2624	August 29, 2006
Perry Thostenson
Collected for the Wildlife Bureau of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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