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Early Marsh-orchid

Dactylorhiza incarnata

950Records since 2000
JunePeak month
53Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr6
May229
Jun562
Jul106
Aug12
Sep4
Oct0
Nov0
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England120
2Sefton England81
3Norfolk England56
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland42
5Highland Scotland41
6Devon England30
7Cumbria England29
8Argyll and Bute Scotland29
9Isle of Anglesey Wales29
10Gwynedd Wales28
11Suffolk England19
12Surrey England19
13North Yorkshire England19
14Worcestershire England12
15East Lothian Scotland11
634 England135 Scotland89 Wales4 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
950
Peak month
June
Counties with records
53
Scientific name
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,539
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Sefton, Norfolk
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dactylorhiza
Name with authority
Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q854799 · GBIF 8248593