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Goodyera repens (L.) R. Br.

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Plant / pollenated
adult of Bombus pollenates or fertilises flower of Goodyera repens

Foodplant / mycorrhiza
live root of Goodyera repens is mycorrhizal with live mycelium of Fungi ss.

Plant / pollenated
adult of Lasioglossum pollenates or fertilises flower of Goodyera repens

Foodplant / parasite
amphigenous uredium of Pucciniastrum goodyerae parasitises live leaf of Goodyera repens

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Brief Summary

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Creeping lady's tresses has a very sweet smell. It doesn't look as much like an orchid as most other Dutch species. It has relatively small flowers spread along the upper part of the stem. It was first found in the Netherlands in 1880 and on a few of the Wadden Islands in 1952. The Dutch name 'pine orchid' is related to where it grows best: in pine forests. However, it only appears 60 to 80 years after the forest has been planted, which is approximately ten years before a production forest is felled. This is one of the reasons creeping lady's tresses is endangered.
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Two varieties of Goodyera repens have been recognized: individuals with plain green leaves as var. repens and those with leaf veins bordered by broad white bands as var. ophioides Fernald. Many specimens from western North America are intermediate in this character: the bands bordering the veins are extremely narrow and almost indistinguishable by color from the leaf blade proper. Most specimens from eastern North America have obviously white-reticulate leaves, and most specimens from western Canada have plain green leaves (some with darker green veins). At several localities in western North America, plants with plain green leaves and plants with faintly reticulate leaves are found together (W. J. Cody 1961). Individuals with faintly reticulate leaves and those with plain green leaves are often found on the same herbarium sheet and, infrequently, both kinds of leaves occur on the same plant. Because of this variation in the degree of white reticulation, the varieties are not recognized here. Individuals with plain green leaves, obviously white-reticulate leaves, and intermediate leaves occur in Alaska.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 516 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Plants 10-20 cm tall, slender. Rhizome with few, hairy roots and stolons creeping in a layer of moss not entering the soil. Stem glandular-hairy, with ovate, shortly petioled, dark green, net-veined leaves near the base and some bract-like leaves above. Inflorescence narrow, often one-sided, ± densely many-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, ± equalling in length the ovary. Flowers small, white, almost at right angles with the ovary. Sepals ovate, white, tinged with some green, glandular-pubescent, 4-5 mm long, the dorsal forming a hood with the lanceolate petals, the laterals spreading. Labellum undivided, with bag-shaped base and tongue-shaped anterior half, about 4 mm long. Column broad, c. 2 mm long. Ovary subsessile, glandular-hairy.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 18 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Leaves: blade uniformly green or with green lateral veins bordered by white or greenish white tissue, narrowly to broadly ovate, 1.1–3.2 × 0.5–1.8 cm, apex acute or obtuse. Inflorescences secund, infrequently loosely spiraled, 7–36-flowered; peduncle 3–18 cm. Flowers: lateral sepals 3–5.2 mm; petals distinct; hood 3–5.5 mm; lip narrowly saccate, lanceolate, 1.8–4.8 × 1.4–3.2 mm, apex acute, recurved or reflexed, inner surface with 2 or 4 glandular ridges; anther inflexed, not immersed in shallowly concave clinandrium, apex apiculate; pollinia blunt; rostellar beak 2-pronged, 0.2–0.6 mm, shorter than body of stigma; viscidium orbiculate. 2n = 30.
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Flora of North America Vol. 26: 516 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Europe, Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan), Assam, S.E. Tibet Burma, China, Japan, N. America.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Distribution: Northern hemisphere, S. W-Asia, Himalaya to Nepal-Bhutan, S. E. Tibet and Assam in mossy coniferous forests.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0: 18 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon; Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon; Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Conn., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.Dak., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.; Eurasia.
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Elevation Range

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1000-4200 m
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl. Per.: End of July to September.
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Flowering early Jul--early Sep.
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Habitat

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Shady, moist, coniferous or mixed woods, on mossy or humus-covered ground, sometimes in bogs or cedar swamps; 0--2900m.
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Synonym

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Satyrium repens Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 945. 1753; Goodyera repens var. ophioides Fernald; Peramium ophioides (Fernald) Rydberg
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Fire Regime Table

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Goodyera repens

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Inflorescence

Goodyera repens, an orchid in the genus Goodyera, is called by the common name creeping lady's-tresses in Anglophone Europe[2] and dwarf rattlesnake plantain or lesser rattlesnake plantain in North America.

It is a green underground creeper that sends out occasional skinny stems above the surface. During the summer, these stems bear flowers arranged in a spiral. These flowers twist themselves to face toward the sun.

Goodyera repens is found in isolated spots in the forests and bogs of Europe. It is a rare plant, but it is the most common orchid in Scandinavia. The species is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America including Russia, China, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, though never very common in any of these places.[1][3][4]

Goodyera repens is a protected species throughout most of its range. It does not survive fire, and does not soon reenter an area after fire or logging. It is generally found only in forests at least 95 years old.[5]

Like other orchids, Goodyera repens lives in symbiosis with mycorrhiza, rhizome-dwelling fungus (Ceratobasidium cornigerum or Rhizoctonia goodyearae-repentis). The mycorrhiza help the orchid absorb and assimilate nutrients.

This orchid is pollinated by bumblebees, allowing for its sexual reproduction. It can also reproduce vegetatively.

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ Flora of North America, v 26 p 516, Goodyera repens
  4. ^ Flora of China v 25 p 48, 小斑叶兰 xiao ban ye lan, Goodyera repens
  5. ^ Williams, T. Y. (1990). "Goodyera repens". Fire Effects Information System. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2008-08-06.

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Goodyera repens: Brief Summary

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Inflorescence

Goodyera repens, an orchid in the genus Goodyera, is called by the common name creeping lady's-tresses in Anglophone Europe and dwarf rattlesnake plantain or lesser rattlesnake plantain in North America.

It is a green underground creeper that sends out occasional skinny stems above the surface. During the summer, these stems bear flowers arranged in a spiral. These flowers twist themselves to face toward the sun.

Goodyera repens is found in isolated spots in the forests and bogs of Europe. It is a rare plant, but it is the most common orchid in Scandinavia. The species is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America including Russia, China, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States, though never very common in any of these places.

Goodyera repens is a protected species throughout most of its range. It does not survive fire, and does not soon reenter an area after fire or logging. It is generally found only in forests at least 95 years old.

Like other orchids, Goodyera repens lives in symbiosis with mycorrhiza, rhizome-dwelling fungus (Ceratobasidium cornigerum or Rhizoctonia goodyearae-repentis). The mycorrhiza help the orchid absorb and assimilate nutrients.

This orchid is pollinated by bumblebees, allowing for its sexual reproduction. It can also reproduce vegetatively.

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