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Slender Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf.
Spiranthes lacera, the slender ladies'-tresses, is a summer-flowering Eastern North American orchid with two recognized varieties.
Shining Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes lucida (H.H.Eaton) Ames
Spiranthes lucida is an early-flowering North American orchid adapted to pollination by short-tongued halictid bees.
Great Plains Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak
Spiranthes magnicamporum Sheviak, or Great Plains Lady's Tresses, is a fall-blooming perennial orchid native to central North America.
yellow nodding ladies' tresses
Spiranthes ochroleuca (Rydb.) Rydb.
Spiranthes ochroleuca, the yellow nodding lady's tresses, is an orchid native to eastern North America in various open habitats.
Marsh Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes odorata (Nutt.) Lindl.
Spiranthes odorata is a fragrant North American orchid species, with the common cultivar actually classified as Spiranthes bightensis.
Oval Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl.
Spiranthes ovalis (October lady's tresses) is an uncommon fall-flowering orchid native to eastern North America.
Western Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes porrifolia Lindl.
Spiranthes porrifolia is a perennial orchid native to moist habitats in the western United States.
Grass-leaved Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes praecox (Walter) S.Watson
Spiranthes praecox is a spiral-flowered herbaceous orchid native to the southeastern and central US coastal plains.
Hooded Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes romanzoffiana Cham.
Spiranthes romanzoffiana, the hooded lady's tresses, is a perennial orchid found across North America and parts of Europe.
Chinese Spiranthes
Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames
Spiranthes sinensis, the Chinese spiranthes, is an orchid species from East and Southeast Asia that was split from a species complex into six distinct species.
Autumn Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes spiralis (L.) Chevall.
Autumn lady's tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) is a protandrous orchid native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
Little Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes tuberosa Raf.
Spiranthes tuberosa is a perennial North American orchid with spirally arranged white flowers that grows in grasslands and open woods.
Spring Ladies' Tresses
Spiranthes vernalis Engelm. & A.Gray
Spiranthes vernalis, or spring ladies'-tresses, is a perennial North American, Central American, and Bahamian orchid that blooms white spiral flowers in early summer.
greater duckweed
Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid.
Spirodela polyrhiza, the great duckweed, is a tiny floating aquatic duckweed used for bioremediation, biofuel, and animal feed.
tamboti
Spirostachys africana Sond.
Spirostachys africana is a monoecious tree with distinct bark, fruiting splitting sounds, valued timber, and toxic latex with various traditional uses.
yellow mombin
Spondias mombin Jacq.
Spondias mombin is an edible deciduous tree in the Anacardiaceae family with food and traditional medicine uses.
red mombin
Spondias purpurea L.
Spondias purpurea L., or jocote, is a tropical fruit tree native to the Americas, grown for its edible plum-like fruit.
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
Sporobolus africanus is a tufted perennial grass native to Africa, Arabia, and Sri Lanka, naturalized widely across many global island regions.
Alkali Sacaton
Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr.
Sporobolus airoides is a North American perennial bunchgrass valued for riparian habitat restoration projects.
Saltmarsh Cordgrass
Sporobolus alterniflorus (Loisel.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela
Sporobolus alterniflorus, common name smooth cordgrass, is a perennial deciduous grass native to the Americas' Atlantic coast, that dominates intertidal salt marshes.
common cordgrass
Sporobolus anglicus (C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela
Sporobolus anglicus, common cordgrass, is a hybrid-derived perennial herbaceous cordgrass originating in 1870s southern England.
Tall Dropseed
Sporobolus compositus (Poir.) Merr.
Sporobolus compositus is a North American prairie dropseed grass common to the US Great Plains with little value as food.
Sand Dropseed
Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) A.Gray
Sporobolus cryptandrus, or sand dropseed, is a North American perennial C4 bunchgrass invasive in Central and Eastern Europe.
Big Cordgrass
Sporobolus cynosuroides (L.) P.M.Peterson & Saarela
Sporobolus cynosuroides is a tall rhizomatous perennial grass native to US coastal salt marshes, also called big cordgrass or salt reedgrass.
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