This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Orchis Family. June - Aug.
Found in damp woods. Nova Scotia to Alaska, south to Washington, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.
Greenish, small, in spike terminating stem 6 - 20 inches high.
Long and broad. Long, narrow bracts or leaflets spring from bases of flowers.
Rein Orchis.
Orchis Family. June - Aug.
Found in wet woods. Newfoundland and Alaska, south to Pennsylvania and Nebraska.
Greenish, in dense, narrow spike terminating stem 8 - 30 inches high.
Oblong to lance-shaped.
Rein Orchis.
 
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