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SPECIES: Epipactis gigantea | Giant Helleborine 



ABBREVIATION : 
EPIGIG

SYNONYMS : 
   Amesia gigantea Nels. & Macbr.
   Helleborine gigantea Druce
   Limodorumgiganteum Kuntze
   Peramium giganteum Coult.
   Serapias gigantea Eat.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   EPGI


COMMON NAMES : 
   giant helleborine
   stream orchid


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of giant helloborine is Epipactis
gigantea Dougl. ex Hook.


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
USFS Region 1 Status:  MT - sensitive [13]
USFS Region 1 Status:  ID - watch [13]
USFS Region 4 Status:  ID - sensitive [12]
Montana State Status:  threatened [13]
Washington State Status:  sensitive [14]
 
Giant helleborine is rare in British Columbia, rare in Colorado, and
threatened in Canada.  It is globally secure but imperiled in Idaho [12]
and critically imperiled in Montana [11].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Tara Y. Williams, September 1990


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Epipactis gigantea. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Epipactis gigantea | Giant Helleborine