NEcology #86 - Oceanside Orchids of the Atlantic Coast

It doesn't take a long-time viewer to understand my passions for Orchids! I love New England's dozens of native terrestrial Orchids and their associated habitats. Here, we find ourselves sea-side in Maine, looking at a delightful coastal fen and one of the last refuges for Arethusa bulbosa the "Dragon's Mouth." Two other, more familiar species are here as well Calopogon tuberosus, the "Tuberous Grasspink" and Pogonia ophioglossoides, the "Rose Pogonia" as well as numerous other fascinating inhabitants of this type of community!
Plants of interest:
Alnus incana - gray alder = Betulaceae
Osmunda spectabilis - American Royal Fern - Osmundaceae
Morella pensylvanica - northern bayberry - Myricaceae
Osmundastrum cinnamomeum - cinnamon fern - Osmundaceae
Arethusa bulbosa - Dragon's Mouth - Orchidaceae
Drosera rotundifolia - round-leaved sundew - Droseraceae
Lyonia ligustrina - He-huckleberry - Ericaceae
Comandra umbellata - bastard toadflax - Santalaceae
Aronia melanocarpa - black chokeberry - Rosaceae
Lathyrus japonicus - seaside pea - Fabaceae
Lupinus perennis - Sundial Lupine - Fabaceae
Calopogon tuberous - Tuberous Grasspink - Orchidaceae
Pogonia ophioglossoides - Rose Pogonia - Orchidaceae
Lysimachia terrestis - Swamp Candles - Primulaceae