Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Spiranthes delitescens. Photo by Jim Rorabaugh, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services Field Office.
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 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