Species

Corallorhiza mertensiana (Pacific coralroot)

Corallorhiza mertensiana. Photo: (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Corallorhiza mertensiana, or Pacific coralroot, is a coralroot orchid native to the shady conifer forests of northwestern North America. It also goes by the common names Western coralroot and Mertens’ coralroot. Corallorhiza mertensiana was previously considered a subspecies of Corallorhiza maculata but was given species rank in 1997 by Freudenstein.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Liliopsida (Monocots)
        Order: Asparagales (Agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
        Family: Orchidaceae (Orchids)
        Subfamily: Epidendroideae (Lower epidendroideae)
        Tribe: Epidendreae
        Subtribe: Calypsoinae
        Genus: Corallorhiza (Coralroots)
        Species: Corallorhiza mertensiana (Pacific coralroot)

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