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Only three of 26 historical populations in Pennsylvania can still be found. One population was destroyed when its wetland habitat was inundated during the creation of Pymatuning Reservoir. Eight populations have not been relocated although suitable habitat still remains at the sites. It is suspected that these plants were stolen. Collection, deer browsing, and habitat destruction contribute to the decline of this beautiful orchid.
The swamp pink is a magenta-pink orchid with flowers one to two inches long. The lower lip is purple-spotted and crested with yellow hairs. The flower stalk, 2 to 1 5 inches, arises from a bulb loosely rooted among mosses.
Swamp pink grows in open, sunny sphagnum moss bogs and swampy meadows. This species ranges from Newfoundland to Minnesota, south to Delaware, Maryland and northern Indiana, and in the mountains to South Carolina, but it is apparently absent from large portions of this range.
Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata)
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