Do You Know Platanthera praeclara?

Authors

Rochelle Bjugstad, Moon Meadows Road, Rapid City, South Dakota
Ardell J. Bjugstad, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, USDA, Forest Service, Rapid City, South Dakota

Date of this Version

1989

Comments

Published in Prairie Pioneers: Ecology, History and Culture: Proceedings of the Eleventh North American Prairie Conference, August 7-11, 1988, Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln, NE 1989).

Abstract

This is a brief synthesis on the plant, habitat and range of the western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara Sheviak and Bowles). This species was once common in the tall grass prairie, but its numbers have been greatly reduced by improper management and loss of habitat. Comparisons are made to the eastern prairie fringed orchid [Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl].