(Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr.
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131051
Element CodePMORC03010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
CITESAppendix II
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderOrchidales
FamilyOrchidaceae
GenusAplectrum
Other Common NamesAdam and Eve (EN) Adam-and-Eve (EN) Aplectrelle d'hiver (FR)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2023-10-05
Change Date1984-04-05
Edition Date2023-10-05
Edition AuthorsWeldy, Troy W. (2005), rev. C. Nordman (2023)
Threat ImpactMedium
Range Extent200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank ReasonsPuttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale) occurs in hardwood forests in eastern North America in the United States and Canada. It ranges from western New England west through southern Quebec, southern Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota south to eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, north Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, and North Carolina.. It is estimated that there are more than 2,500 occurrences. It is threatened by forest management practices, especially clearcut logging, habitat loss and fragmentation, such as from residential development, and invasive exotic plants.
Range Extent CommentsPuttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale) occurs in eastern North America; in the United States and Canada, it ranges from western New England west through southern Quebec, southern Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and southeastern Minnesota south to eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, northern Mississippi, northern Alabama, north Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, and North Carolina. Range extent was estimated to be 2.1 million square kilometers, using herbarium specimens and photo-based observations documented between 1992 and 2023 (FNA 2002, GBIF 2023, iNaturalist 2023, Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team 2023).
Occurrences CommentsBy applying a 1 km separation distance to herbarium records and photo-based observations documented between 1992 and 2023, it is estimated that there are more than 2500 occurrences of Puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale), rangewide (GBIF 2023, iNaturalist 2023).
Threat Impact CommentsPuttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale) is threatened by forest management practices, especially clearcut logging, habitat loss and fragmentation, such as from residential development, and invasive exotic plants (Buczynski 2019, Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002).