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Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile

Spiranthes delitescens, Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses.
Spiranthes delitescens. Photo by Jim Rorabaugh, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office.

Spiranthes delitescens, Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses habitat.
The Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses grows in spring-fed desert wetlands called cienegas. One population of this rare orchid occurs in a cienega on the Coronado National Forest, Arizona. Photo by Ron Coleman in Arizona Rare Plant Field Guide, 2001.

Spiranthes delitescens, Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses range map.
Spiranthes delitescens range map.

Spiranthes delitescens, Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses

ESA Status

Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.

Threats

  • Drying of wetlands through groundwater overdrafts, surface water diversions, or channelization
  • Farming or improper livestock grazing
  • Mining and road building
  • Non-native species introductions
  • Recreation

Conservation Status

National Forest and Grassland Occurrence

More Information

U.S. Forest Service
Rangeland Management
Botany Program

1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103
Washington DC 20250-1103

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Location: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/rareplants/profiles/tep/spiranthes_delitescens/index.shtml
Last modified: Wednesday, 13-Oct-2010 14:36:46 EDT