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Frog Orchid

Dactylorhiza viridis

717Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
34Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May33
Jun189
Jul310
Aug116
Sep21
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1South Lanarkshire Scotland70
2Highland Scotland64
3Argyll and Bute Scotland50
4Wrexham Wales35
5Worcestershire England31
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland26
7Cumbria England20
8Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland13
9Oxfordshire England12
10Perth and Kinross Scotland12
11Shetland Islands —10
12North Yorkshire England9
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland9
15East Lothian Scotland8
340 England265 Scotland51 Wales32 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
717
Peak month
July
Counties with records
34
Scientific name
Dactylorhiza viridis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,112
Conservation designations
Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, Biodiversity List – England, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dactylorhiza
Name with authority
Dactylorhiza viridis (L.) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157542 · GBIF 2810284