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| Keywords: u.s. fish and wildlfie service usfishandwildlfieservice asheville field office ashevillefieldoffice small-whorled smallwhorled pogonia outdoor flower plant Small-whorled pogonia, Isotria medeoloides, is a threatened orchid found sporadically in the Eastern United States and Canada. It typically grows under canopies that are relatively open or near features that create long-persisting breaks in the forest canopy such as a road or a stream. It grows in mixed-deciduous or mixed-deciduous/coniferous forests that are generally in second- or third-growth successional stages. The soils in which it lives are usually acidic, moist, and have very few nutrients. The plant has a greenish-white stem that grows between three and thirteen inches tall. It gets its common name from the five or six grayish-green leaves that are displayed in a single whorl around the stem. When the leaves are well developed, a single flower or sometimes a flower pair rises from the center of the circle of leaves. The flowers are yellowish-green with a greenish-white lip. Photos are from Pisgah National Forest, credit G. Peeples/USFWS Small-whorled pogonia, Isotria medeoloides, is a threatened orchid found sporadically in the Eastern United States and Canada. It typically grows under canopies that are relatively open or near features that create long-persisting breaks in the forest canopy such as a road or a stream. It grows in mixed-deciduous or mixed-deciduous/coniferous forests that are generally in second- or third-growth successional stages. The soils in which it lives are usually acidic, moist, and have very few nutrients. The plant has a greenish-white stem that grows between three and thirteen inches tall. It gets its common name from the five or six grayish-green leaves that are displayed in a single whorl around the stem. When the leaves are well developed, a single flower or sometimes a flower pair rises from the center of the circle of leaves. The flowers are yellowish-green with a greenish-white lip. Photos are from Pisgah National Forest, credit G. Peeples/USFWS | ||||
