BOTANICAL/RTE

These plants have been found along the shores of Lake Chelan (within 30 vertical feet of the high-water mark) during botanical surveys in 1998-99:

	Epipactis gigantea (giant helliborine), state sensitive species; a large herbaceous member of the orchid family.
	Pellaea brachyptera (Sierra cliffbrake), state sensitive species; a dryland fern which grows in open, rocky habitats.
	Spiranthes porrifolia (western lady’s tresses), state sensitive species; a member of the orchid family which grows in seeps and other wet areas.

Spiranthes porrifolia (western lady’s tresses), state sensitive species; a member of the orchid family which grows in seeps and other wet areas.