Vegetation & Wildflowers
Sampling of plants & wildflowers in all their glory.
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Forest Fairy II
Fairy slipper, also known as the calypso orchid (Calypso bulbosa), in a sheltered understory of an old growth white cedar forest in northern Minnesota near Roosevelt.
62491014 cm tallCalypso bulbosa var. americanaLake of the Woods CountyMinnesotaRed Lake WMARooseveltVenus's slipperbloom in northern Minneota in May and earlyJunecalypso orchidconifer forest floorsdeer's head orchiddisturbance sensitivefairy slipperfairy slipper orchidfavor sheltered areas on moisthider of the northlives no more than 5 yearsmycorrhizal dependence on specific soil fungipollinated by bumble beesthreatened status
