Glenlivet Wildlife
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Cairngorms National Park
Glenlivet Wildlife

Wild Flowers - Orchids

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Dark Red Helleborine

(Epipactis atrorubens)Dark Red Helleborine

Only one plant known.

Twayblade

(Listera ovata)Twayblade

Open woodland.

Scented Orchid

(Gymnadenia conopsea)Scented Orchid

Grassy places over limestone.

Early Purple Orchid

(Orchis mascula)Early Purple Orchid

Woods.

Common Spotted Orchid

(Dactylorchis fuchsii)Common Spotted Orchid

Woods, grassy places.

Broad-leaved Helleborine

(Epipactis helleborine)

Woods, shady places.

Heath Spotted Orchid

(Dactylorchis maculata)

Acid bog and moors.

Northern Marsh Orchid

(Dactylorchis purpurella)

Damp grassland, occasionally roadsides.

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Glenlivet Wildlife, Easter Corrie, Tomnavoulin,
Glenlivet, Scotland, AB37 9JB

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Cairngorms National Park