Energy & environment · 13/09/2016

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Platanthera integrilabia (White Fringeless Orchid)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined threatened species status for the white fringeless orchid under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, adding it to the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. This decision affects the plant's status in six states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee.