10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUTTYROOT»
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An Illustrated Guide to Eastern Woodland Wildflowers and ...
Puttyroot (Adam-and-Eve) Aplectrum hyemale (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torn During late
summer puttyroot or Adam-and-Eve puts out a single large, elliptic basal leaf,
which is crimped like a handheld fan (plicate). The leaf lasts through the winter
but ...
Melanie Choukas-Bradley,
2004
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Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History
Take a casual stroll through the rich woods of the upstate's four most
northwestern counties in January or February, and you will most likely see the
peculiar, bloomless leaf of the puttyroot orchid — if you know what you are
looking for. The leaf ...
James Alexander Fowler,
2005
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Growing Woodland Plants
Puttyroot. Orchid. (Aplec'trum. hycma'le). This is an inconspicuous, single-leaved,
spring-blooming inhabitant of damp woods with deep neutral or slightly acid,
humus- rich soil. The one dark-green leaf, purple on the underside, appears in
the ...
Clarence Birdseye, Eleanor Gannett Birdseye,
1972
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Native Orchids of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
The hibernal or winter leaf of the puttyroot orchid is shown along with the new
corm growing directly as an extension of the old one. Puttyroot orchid begins its
blooming season in midApril and, at that time, can be found along the oneway
drive ...
5
Blue Ridge Nature Notes: Selections from Blue Ridge Nature ...
The solitary basal leaves of puttyroot (Aplectrum hymale) and cranefly orchis (
Tipularia discolor) emerge in late summer, after the flowering period, and are
conspicuous in rich, rocky woodlands from late November into early spring. Then,
as ...
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Blue Ridge Nature Journal: Reflections on the Appalachian ...
Winter. Orchids: Puttyroot. and. Cranefly. Orchis. I. n the Blue Ridge there are
about fifty native orchid species. We think of showy orchis and lady's-slippers in
spring, yellowand purple-fringed orchids in summer and ladies'-tresses in
autumn.
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Swimming with Frogs: Life in the Brown County Hills
The first to bloom are showy orchis and yellow lady s- slipper orchids in early
May, puttyroot and cranefly orchids in June, July, and August, twayblade orchid in
July, and ladies'-tresses orchids in September and October. The seventh species
...
8
Hendersonville & Flat Rock: An Intimate Tour
In 2000, they opened DK Puttyroot and the Orchid Tearoom in Burnsville.
McDowell and Wyatt produce handmade papers, pulling each sheet the old-
fashioned way. From these exquisite papers crafted from parochial fibers—such
as tobacco, ...
9
Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky
PUTTYROOT. Aplectrum hyemale ORCHIDACEAE For most of the year this plant
consists of a single, 4- to 6-in.-long, light green leaf with prominent white veins
lying flat on the forest floor. In late spring the leaf withers, and a slender pale ...
Thomas G. Barnes, S. Wilson Francis
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American Horticulturist
Puttyroot is Aplectrum hyemale — aplectrum from the Greek, meaning without
spur (to distinguish it from two somewhat similar terrestrial orchids whose flowers
do have spurs), and hyemale, meaning winter. Aplectrum, like Tipularia discolor ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUTTYROOT»
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Nature Journal: Identifying native orchids
The basal leaves of puttyroot (Aplectrum hymale) and cranefly orchis (Tipularia discolor) emerge in late summer, after the flowering period, and are conspicuous ... «Asheville Citizen-Times, Dec 14»
Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve in southern Ohio blossoms in …
Rare plants along the Calico Bush Trail include mountain watercress, starflowers, puttyroot and stemless lady's slipper. Ferns are numerous in cool, shady spots ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Mar 08»