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Atlantic Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes bightensis M.C.Pace)

Also known as Atlantic ladies tresses.

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This map is based on our research. We have checked its accuracy to Level 3 ecoregions. Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.

This map may appear somewhat misleading; the southernmost records of this species are from Virginia and this species only appears in the northeasternmost portions of the Southeastern Plains and Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain.

This species is thought to have originated long ago as a hybrid of nodding lady's tresses (Spiranthes cernua) and marsh lady's tresses (Spiranthes odorata), but it has long since stabilized as a species in its own right and new hybrids between the putative parent species do not seem to form any more. This species' range no longer overlaps with S. odorata, and although its range does overlap with S. cernua, it does not tend to occur in the same habitat.

• Spiranthes bightensis | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)

• Spiranthes bightensis M.C. Pace | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)

• Spiranthes bightensis M.C.Pace | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)

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