''Pogonia ophioglossoides'', the snakemouth orchid or rose pogonia, is a species of orchid occurring from

central Canada Central Canada (french: Centre du Canada, sometimes the Central provinces) is a region consisting of Canada's two largest and most populous provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Geographically, they are not at the centre of Canada but instead overlap w ...

to the east-central and eastern United States. It is the type species of the genus '' Pogonia''. It is pollinated by bees. This species occurs in wet habitats. In the north, the habitat is typically fens but sometimes also

bogs A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main Wetland#Types, types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, ...

. Further south, along the Gulf Coast, it is a species of wet pine savannas and flatwoods.Liggio, J. and Liggio, A.O. 1999. Wild Orchids of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin. p.149

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ophioglossoides Orchids of Canada Orchids of the United States Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Vanilloideae-stub