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Heath Fragrant-orchid

Gymnadenia borealis

250Records since 2000
JunePeak month
16Counties with records
Data DeficientIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun145
Jul79
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland125
2Argyll and Bute Scotland41
3Cumbria England13
4Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland10
5North Yorkshire England9
6Powys Wales8
7Perth and Kinross Scotland7
8Aberdeenshire Scotland4
9Cornwall England3
10Stirling Scotland2
11Moray Scotland2
12Worcestershire England1
13South Ayrshire Scotland1
14Orkney Islands Scotland1
15North Tyneside England1
42 England200 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
250
Peak month
June
Counties with records
16
IUCN Red List
Data Deficient
Scientific name
Gymnadenia borealis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,667
Most recorded in
Highland
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Gymnadenia
Name with authority
Gymnadenia borealis (Druce) R.M.Bateman, Pridgeon & M.W.Chase

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q5624165 · GBIF 2840508