bog orchid
Hammarbya paludosa
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Overview
Hammarbya paludosa is a small orchid commonly known as bog orchid, bog adder's-mouth or bog adder's-mouth orchid. It grows in bogs in temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The bog orchid faces severe decline primarily due to habitat destruction and degradation of its specialized wetland environments. Drainage of bogs and fens for agriculture, peat extraction, and urban development has eliminated much of its suitable habitat across its range. Climate change and altered hydrology further threaten the delicate water balance these orchids require.
Habitat
Hammarbya paludosa has a wide range around the Northern Hemisphere. In Europe it occurs north to 69° in Scandinavia and south to the Italian Alps, Balkans and Romania. It occurs locally across southern Siberia east to Sakhalin and Japan. In North America, it is found from Alaska east to Ontario and south to Minnesota. (Codes) In the British Isles it is found widely but very locally with the...
Other threatened species in Orchidaceae
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