Spiranthes ORCHIDACEAE Goodyera 



Spiranthes Rich. Ladies' Tresses. 



S. Beckii Lindl. (S. simplex Gray.) 



Infrequent in dry soil, including serpentine, New Castle, Sussex 

 and Worcester Counties. Mid-July to mid-Sept. 



S. gracilis (Bigel.) Beck. 



Usually in dry soil, including serpentine ; infrequent in the Pied- 

 mont area; rare southward: Salisbury (Wi), Canhy, Aug. 1894 (D); 

 Rehoboth (S), C. S. Williamson, 1 Sept. 1908 (A); pine woods near 

 Easton (Ta), Earle, 3038, 3 Sept. 1940 (P) ; bank of pond, Choptank 

 Mills (K), R. R. Tatnall, 5223, 19 Aug. 1945 (T). Early July to 

 mid-Sept. 



S. vernalis Engelm. & Gray. 



Infrequent; dry soil, meadows, and borders of salt marshes of 

 the Coastal Plain, New Castle County, and southward to Sussex 

 and Talbot Counties. July. 



S. praecox (Walt.) Watson & Coulter. Giant Ladies' Tresses. 



Rare, and not recently seen, Piedmont and Coastal Plain: 

 "along upper Mill Creek" (near Hockessin (NC)), Canhy, 17 July 

 1897 (D) ; Millsboro (S), Commons, 20 Sept. 1880 (A). 



S. lucida (Eaton) Ames. {S. latifolia Torr.) 



Rare; moist banks and tidal mud. Piedmont and Coastal Plain: 

 shore of Delaware River, Holly Oak (NC), Commons, 6 June 1866 

 (A); moist bank at Pleasant Hill, Mill Creek Hundred (NC), 

 Commons & Tatnall, 28 May 1894 (A); Bivalve (Wi), J. J. Carter, 

 12 June 1906 (A) ; Conowingo (Ce), C. S. Williamson, 30 May 1907 

 (A); tidal mud of beach, Randalia (Ce), R. R. Tatnall, 910, 8 June 

 1930 (T, P). May, June. 



S. cernua (L.) Rich. Nodding Ladies' Tresses. 



Common on the Coastal Plain, in wet meadows, roadside ditches, 

 and coastal dune-hollows, at least as far south as Sussex County. 

 Mid-Sept, to mid-Oct. 



Goodyera R. Br. 



G. pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. (Epipactis puhescens (Willd.) A, A. 

 Eaton). Rattlesnake Plantain. 



Common in dry, or sometimes low, woods. Piedmont and Coastal 

 Plain. Late July to mid-August. 



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