Native
Orchids of Canada
Aplectrum hyemale
Arethusa bulbosa
Calopogon tuberosus
Calypso bulbosa
Cephalanthera austinae
Coeloglossum viride var. virescens
Corallorhiza maculata
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Corallorhiza odontorhiza
Corallorhiza striata
Corallorhiza trifida
Cypripedium acaule
Cypripedium arietinum
Cypripedium candidum
Cypripedium guttatum
Cypripedium montanum
Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin
Cypripedium parviflorum var. parviflorum
Cypripedium parviflorum var. planipetalum
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens
Cypripedium passerinum
Cypripedium reginae
Dactylorhiza majalis
Epipactis gigantea
Epipactis helleborine
Galearis spectabilis
Goodyera oblongifolia
Goodyera pubescens
Goodyera repens var. repens
Goodyera repens var. ophioides
Goodyera tesselata
Isotria medioloides
Isotria verticillata
Liparis liliifolia
Liparis loeselii
Listera auriculata
Listera australis
Listera borealis
Listera caurina
Listera convallarioides
Listera cordata
Listera ovata
Malaxis monophylla var. brachypoda
Malaxis paludosa
Malaxis unifolia
Piperia elegans
Piperia maritima
Piperia unalascensis
Platanthera albida var. straminea
Platanthera blepharoglottis
Platanthera chorisiana
Platanthera ciliaris
Platanthera clavellata
Platanthera dilatata
Platanthera flava var. herbiola
Platanthera grandiflora
Platanthera hookeri
Platanthera aquilonis
Platanthera lacera
Platanthera leucophaea
Platanthera obtusata
Platanthera orbiculata
Platanthera psycodes
Platanthera stricta
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Spiranthes casei
Spiranthes cernua
Spiranthes lacera var. lacera
Spiranthes lacera var. gracilis
Spiranthes lucida
Spiranthes magnicamporum
Spiranthes ochroleuca
Spiranthes ovalis var. erostellata
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Triphora trianthophora
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| Canada Status | Common Name | Latin Name | YT | NT | NU | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | PQ | NB | NS | PE | LB | NF | Notes | ||||
| 4 | Small Round-Leaved Orchids | Amerorchis rotundifolia | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Puttyroot | Aplectrum hyemale | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Arethusa | Arethusa bulbosa | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Grass-Pink | Calopogon tuberosus | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Calypso | Calypso bulbosa | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | Phantom Orchid | Cephalanthera austinae | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as THREATENED as of 2000. | ||||
| 4 | Long-Bracted Orchid | Dactylorhiza viridis | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Spotted Coral-Root | Corallorhiza maculata | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Western Coral-Root | Corallorhiza mertensiana | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 2 | Autumn Coral-Root | Corallorhiza odontorhiza | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Striped Coral-Root | Corallorhiza striata | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Early Coral-Root | Corallorhiza trifida | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Pink Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium acaule | -- | 5 | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | Ram's-Head Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium arietinum | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | Some jurisdictions may have management or conservation concerns relating to populations or sub-species. | ||||
| 1 | Small White Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium candidum | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as ENDANGERED as of 2000. | ||||
| 4 | Spotted Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium guttatum | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Mountain Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium montanum | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Yellow Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium parviflorum | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -- | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Sparrow's-Egg Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium passerinum | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Showy Lady's-Slipper | Cypripedium reginae | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -- | 2 | |||||
| 7 | European Spotted Orchid | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 7 | Southern Marsh Orchid | Dactylorhiza majalis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | |||||
| 3 | Giant Helleborine | Epipactis gigantea | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as a SPECIAL CONCERN as of 1988. | ||||
| 7 | Helleborine | Epipactis helleborine | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | -- | 7 | |||||
| 4 | Showy Orchis | Galearis spectabilis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Menzies' Rattlesnake-Plantain | Goodyera oblongifolia | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 3 | -- | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -- | -- | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Downy Rattlesnake-Plantain | Goodyera pubescens | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Lesser Rattlesnake-Plantain | Goodyera repens | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Tesselated Rattlesnake-Plantain | Goodyera tesselata | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 1 | Small Whorled Pogonia | Isotria medeloides | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as ENDANGERED as of 2000. | ||||
| 1 | Large Whorled Pogonia | Isotria verticillata | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as ENDANGERED as of 2000. | ||||
| 1 | Lily-Leaved Twayblade | Liparis liliifolia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as ENDANGERED as of 2001. | ||||
| 4 | Loesel's Twayblade | Liparis loeselii | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | -- | 5 | |||||
| 3 | Auricled Twayblade | Listera auriculata | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Southern Twayblade | Listera australis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Northern Twayblade | Listera borealis | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Western Twayblade | Listera caurina | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Broad-Leaved Twayblade | Listera convallarioides | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Heart-Leaved Twayblade | Listera cordata | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 7 | Common Twayblade | Listera ovata | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| Canada Status | Common Name | Latin Name | YT | NT | NU | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | PQ | NB | NS | PE | LB | NF | Notes | ||||
| 4 | White Adder's-Mouth | Malaxis monophylla | -- | 5 | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -- | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Bog Adder's-Mouth | Malaxis paludosa | 1 | 2 | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Green Adder's-Mouth | Malaxis unifolia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 2 | White-Lip Rein-Orchid | Piperia candida | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Hillside Rein-Orchid | Piperia elegans | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Dense-Flowered Rein-Orchid | Piperia elongata | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Royal Rein-Orchid | Piperia transversa | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Alaskan Orchid | Piperia unalascensis | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Tall Northern Green Orchid | Platanthera aquilonis | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| 4 | White Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera blephariglottis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Choriso Bog-Orchid | Platanthera chorisiana | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 8 | Orange Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera ciliaris | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Little Club-Spur Orchid | Platanthera clavellata | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 4 | White Bog-Orchid | Platanthera dilatata | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | Tubercled-Orchid | Platanthera flava | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 3 | Large Purple Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera grandiflora | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | -- | 3 | |||||
| 4 | Hooker's Orchid | Platanthera hookeri | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | 3 | |||||
| 4 | Fragrant Green Orchid | Platanthera huronensis | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 5 | 5 | -- | -- | 5 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Ragged Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera lacera | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 2 | Eastern Prairie Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera leucophaea | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as a SPECIAL CONCERN as of 1986. | ||||
| 4 | White-Flowered Bog-Orchid | Platanthera leucostachys | -- | -- | -- | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 2 | Large Round-Leaved Orchid | Platanthera macrophylla | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Blunt-Leaf Orchid | Platanthera obtusata | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Small Round-Leaved Orchid | Platanthera orbiculata | 2 | 3 | -- | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 1 | Western Prairie Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera praeclara | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as ENDANGERED as of 2000. | ||||
| 4 | Small Purple Fringed-Orchid | Platanthera psycodes | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 4 | Slender Bog-Orchid | Platanthera stricta | 1 | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Rose Pogonia | Pogonia ophioglossoides | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -- | 4 | |||||
| 3 | Vanilla-Scented Bog-Orchid | Pseudorchis straminea | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | |||||
| 4 | Case's Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes casei | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Nodding Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes cernua | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Slender Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes lacera | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Shining Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes lucida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 3 | Great Plains Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes magnicamporum | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 2 | Yellow Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes ochroleuca | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | 5 | 5 | -- | -- | |||||
| 2 | Oval Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes ovalis | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||||
| 4 | Hooded Ladies'-Tresses | Spiranthes romanzoffiana | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 1 | Nodding Pogonia | Triphora trianthophora | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | * COSEWIC has designated this species as ENDANGERED as of 2000. |
1 = At risk
2 = May be at Risk
3 = Sensitive
5 = Undetermined
6 = Not Assessed
7 = Exotics
-- = Not Present