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Appealing to conservationists, travelers, orchid lovers, and naturalists alike, the author takes his readers on an incredible journey to pursue the 145 temperate American orchid species in their native habitats. This chatty account of his field trips in Canada and the U.S. is intended both to document many of our native species and to inspire others to respectfully explore the wealth of orchids. Includes 170 superb color photographs.

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title:Wild Orchids Across North America : A Botanical Travelogue
author:Keenan, Philip E.
publisher:Timber Press, Inc.
isbn10 | asin:0881924520
print isbn13:9780881924527
ebook isbn13:9780585339993
language:English
subjectOrchids--United States, Orchids--Canada, Eastern, Orchids--United States--Pictorial works, Orchids--Canada, Eastern--Pictorial 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
subject:Orchids--United States, Orchids--Canada, Eastern, Orchids--United States--Pictorial works, Orchids--Canada, Eastern--Pictorial 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 Page 3 Wild - photo 2
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
Page 4 Copyright 1998 by Timber Press Inc All rights reserved Timber - photo 3
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Copyright 1998 by Timber Press, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Timber Press, Inc.
The Haseltine Building
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450
Portland, Oregon 97204, U.S.A.
Printed in Singapore
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
Kodiak Island and the Palomino Lady's-slipper
19
Chapter 2
The Purple Spotted Lady's-slipper in Alaska
29
Chapter 3
Eklutna Lake and Matanuska River Valley Orchids
36
Chapter 4
North America's Tiniest Orchid
41
Canada
Chapter 5
Arethusas in the Maritimes and Newfoundland
47
Chapter 6
Orchids and Gannets on Bonaventure Island, Qubec
54
Chapter 7
On the Road to Hudson Bay for the Timmins Orchid
59
Chapter 8
Sparrow's-egg Lady's-slipper on Lake Superior, Ontario
63
Chapter 9
The Garden of Eden on Flowerpot Island, Ontario
70
Chapter 10
The Prairie Fringed-orchid in Easternmost Ontario
78
New England
Chapter 11
A Modern-Day Thoreau and the American Orchis in Maine
87
Chapter 12
Calopogon and Rose Pogonia in Maine and New Hampshire
93
Chapter 13
Calypso in Vermont
100
Chapter 14
The Small Whorled Pogonia in Maine and New Hampshire
105
Chapter 15
The Large Whorled Pogonia in Massachusetts
109
Chapter 16
The Pink Lady's-slipper in New Hampshire
113
Chapter 17
Ram's-head in Vermont
118
Chapter 18
The Queen Lady's-slipper in Vermont
127
Chapter 19
Purple and Green Fringed-orchids in Maine and New Hampshire
134

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Chapter 20
The Pad-leaf Orchids in the White Mountains of Maine
140
Chapter 21
The Tall Leafy Northern Orchids
145
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