United States, Minnesota, Itasca, Itasca County...In a long-abandoned taconite tailings basin, about 2 miles southwest of the town of Taconite...T56N R 24W NE1/4 of NW1/4 of Sec 35. 056N 24W 35
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In a long-abandoned taconite tailings basin ... Habitat about 30 years old; mostly open but with scattered individuals and groves of Populus balsamifera. In relatively coarse silty substrate (tailings). Growing in nearly full sunlight. Associated with Spiranthes casei, S. cernua, S. lacera, Liparis loeselii, Platanthera flava var. herbiola.