Transplanting Pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule) - William Cullina
Transplanting Pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule) - William Cullina
Transplanting Pink lady-slipper (Cypripedium acaule) - William Cullina
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Dendrolycopodium dendroideum Chimaphila maculata Gautheria procumbens<br />
(and other clubmosses) (spotted wintergreen) (wintergreen, checkerberry)<br />
Vaccinium angustifolium Gaylussacia baccata Kalmia angustifolia<br />
(lowbush blueberry and (black huckleberry) (sheep laurel)<br />
other blueberries)<br />
<strong>Pink</strong> <strong>lady</strong>-<strong>slipper</strong>s do poorly in deep shade, and this is the most common reason they<br />
disappear over time from a given woods. They are most abundant in either very old<br />
forests with a mixed and broken canopy or in young forest regenerating after logging or<br />
fire. Road cuts and other edge habitats are also good places to find them. I look for<br />
places where the tree canopy has some gaps from windfalls or timber harvest to site