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PLANTS

Small green wood orchid

Platanthera clavellata

Plants
NativeHerbPerennial
Small green wood orchid, photo 1 of 5
Small green wood orchid, In flower
Small green wood orchid, In fruit

Perennial herbaceous plant. Grows in forests and in marshes.

There are 357 observations of Small green wood orchid in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Chaudière-Appalaches and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and become rare from October to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord64
  2. Chaudière-Appalaches44
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue40
  4. Laurentides33
  5. Capitale-Nationale31
  6. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean29
  7. Estrie26
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent25
  9. Lanaudière19
  10. Mauricie14
  11. Outaouais11
  12. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine8
  13. Centre-du-Québec6
  14. Montérégie4
  15. Nord-du-Québec3

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
Water’s edgepeupleloup
ShorelineRudy_P

Similar species

White fringed orchidPlatanthera blephariglottis
Broadleaf helleborineEpipactis helleborine
Green fringed orchidPlatanthera lacera
Northern small bog orchidPlatanthera obtusata
Southern rein orchidPlatanthera flava
Yellow widelip orchidLiparis loeselii
Rannoch-rushScheuchzeria palustris
Virginia springbeautyClaytonia virginica
Green adder's-mouth orchidMalaxis unifolia
Lesser roundleaved orchidPlatanthera orbiculata
Boreal bog orchidPlatanthera dilatata