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Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & H.R. Sweet
Longclaw orchid, Spurred neottia

Eltroplectris calcarata
Copyright by: Sarah Martin, 2014
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

Family: Orchidaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Peninsular Florida, the West Indies and South America.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Apparently Secure

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Critically Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: See also, IRC’s report Vascular plant species of management concern in Everglades National Park (Gann 2015), page 86 and Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Florida page (Chafin 2000).

Other data on Eltroplectris calcarata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Eltroplectris calcarata has been found in the following 5 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Camp Owaissa Bauer Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Castellow Hammock Park Presumed Extirpated Native, Cultivated Only
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve Recorded as Present in Error
Hattie Bauer Hammock Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated

Eltroplectris calcarata has been found in the following 2 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Miami-Dade County Native

Eltroplectris calcarata has been found in the following habitat :
Rockland Hammock

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Eltroplectris calcarata
Copyright by: Sarah Martin, 2014
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Eltroplectris calcarata
Copyright by: Sarah Martin, 2014
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Eltroplectris calcarata
Copyright by: Sarah Martin, 2014
In habitat, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA
Eltroplectris calcarata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 16 March 2015
Sterile plant in habitat, Long Pine Key, Everglades National
Park Florida, USA
Eltroplectris calcarata
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2006
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida, USA