Canelo Hills Ladies’ Tresses
A federally endangered terrestrial orchid known historically from only four populations in southern Arizona.
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Spiranthes delitescens (Canelo Hills ladies’ tresses), Orchidaceae, is a federally endangered terrestrial orchid known historically from only four populations in southern Arizona. The goal of this study was to determine if ecological scent detection dogs would be able to detect the presence of Spiranthes delitescens in situ.
The use of detection dogs proved to be a powerful tool to aid future surveys to relocate historical populations or discover previously undocumented populations of Canelo Hills ladies’ tresses.
Project Media
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Saving Arizona's Rarest Orchid: The Canelo Hills Ladies' Tresses
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