Wild orchids across North America: a botanical travelogue

579 Pages·1998·10.35 MB·English

by  Philip E. Keenan

Wild Orchids Across North America : A
title:
Botanical Travelogue
author: Keenan, Philip E.
publisher: Timber Press, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0881924520
print isbn13: 9780881924527
ebook isbn13: 9780585339993
language: English
Orchids--United States, Orchids--Canada,
Eastern, Orchids--United States--Pictorial
works, Orchids--Canada, Eastern--Pictorial
subject works, United States--Description and
travel, Canada, Eastern--Description and
travel, Keenan, Philip E.--Journeys--United
State
publication date: 1998
lcc: QK495.O64K397 1998eb
ddc: 584/.4/0973022
Orchids--United States, Orchids--Canada,
Eastern, Orchids--United States--Pictorial
works, Orchids--Canada, Eastern--Pictorial
subject: works, United States--Description and
travel, Canada, Eastern--Description and
travel, Keenan, Philip E.--Journeys--United
State
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Wild Orchids Across North America
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Cypripedium acaule, large clump, New Hampshire.
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Wild Orchids Across North America
A Botanical Travelogue
Text and photographs by
Philip E. Keenan
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Copyright © 1998 by Timber Press, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Keenan, Philip E.
Wild orchids across North America: a botanical travelogue / text and
photographs by Philip E. Keenan.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-88192-452-0
1. OrchidsUnited States. 2. OrchidsCanada, Eastern. 3. Orchids
United StatesPictorial works. 4. OrchidsCanada, EasternPictorial
works. 5. United StatesDescription and travel. 4. Canada, Eastern
Description and travel. 7. Keenan, Philip E.JourneysUnited States.
8. Keenan, Philip E.JourneysCanada, Eastern. I. Title
QK495.064K397 1998 97-43424
584'.4'0973022dc21 CIP
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CONTENTS
Preface 7
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 11
Alaska
Chapter 1 19
Kodiak Island and the Palomino Lady's-slipper
Chapter 2 29
The Purple Spotted Lady's-slipper in Alaska
Chapter 3 36
Eklutna Lake and Matanuska River Valley Orchids
Chapter 4 41
North America's Tiniest Orchid
Canada
Chapter 5 47
Arethusas in the Maritimes and Newfoundland
Chapter 6 54
Orchids and Gannets on Bonaventure Island, Québec
Chapter 7 59
On the Road to Hudson Bay for the Timmins Orchid
Chapter 8 63
Sparrow's-egg Lady's-slipper on Lake Superior, Ontario
Chapter 9 70
The Garden of Eden on Flowerpot Island, Ontario
Chapter 10 78
The Prairie Fringed-orchid in Easternmost Ontario
New England
Chapter 11 87
A Modern-Day Thoreau and the American Orchis in
Maine
Chapter 12 93
Calopogon and Rose Pogonia in Maine and New
Hampshire
Chapter 13 100
Calypso in Vermont
Chapter 14 105
The Small Whorled Pogonia in Maine and New
Hampshire
Chapter 15 109
The Large Whorled Pogonia in Massachusetts
Chapter 16 113
The Pink Lady's-slipper in New Hampshire
Chapter 17 118
Ram's-head in Vermont
Chapter 18 127
The Queen Lady's-slipper in Vermont
Chapter 19 134
Purple and Green Fringed-orchids in Maine and New
Hampshire

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Chapter 20 140
The Pad-leaf Orchids in the White Mountains of Maine
Chapter 21 145
The Tall Leafy Northern Orchids
Chapter 22 150
Three-birds at Squam Lake, New Hampshire
Mid-Atlantic & Midwestern States
Chapter 23 159
The White Lady's-slipper on the Shores of Lake Erie,
Ohio
Chapter 24 163
The Appalachian Twayblade in Pennsylvania
Chapter 25 166
The Pine Barrens of New Jersey
Chapter 26 170
A New Fringed-orchid on Long Island, New York
Southeastern States
Chapter 27 179
The Magnificent Rosebud in North Carolina
Chapter 28 185
The Flame Orchis in Kentucky and Connecticut
Western States
Chapter 29 195
Three California Ladies
Chapter 30 207