- Date
- 2006
- Kind
- Conservation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- plantsconservationenvironmentsciencecommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Barbara Rahn’s May 2006 essay used the Showy Lady’s Slipper to explain orchid ecology, rarity, slow maturation, fungal dependence, and the conservation warning against digging wild plants.
Evidence limits
The essay is an educational source, not a site-specific survey or confirmed Beaver Island occurrence record.
Sources
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Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "The Lady Slippers are Coming."Barbara Rahn describes Showy Lady's Slipper ecology, its 10–15-year path to first bloom, fungal requirements, state-level rarity, and the warning not to dig wild plants. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the conservation essay and photograph.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-05_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “The Beacon warns against digging Showy Lady’s Slipper orchids, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-lady-slipper-conservation-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2006, "The Lady Slippers are Coming." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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