Category: Often grows in calcareous ravines with Beech and Maple trees

  • An Odd Leaf Of Winter

    Putty Root Orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) is native, usually in higher elevations, of eastern and central U.S., and Canada. Here in Virginia this tiny orchid is often found growing alongside Beech and Maple trees, in calcareous ravines. It produces a single leaf, oval with pointed tip, in late November and lives on until March. That single…