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Western Marsh-orchid

Dactylorhiza majalis

5,306Records since 2000
JunePeak month
112Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr16
May934
Jun3,422
Jul582
Aug69
Sep16
Oct10
Nov1
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland296
2North Tyneside England190
3Norfolk England174
4Sefton England162
5Suffolk England149
6Worcestershire England136
7Cumbria England134
8Argyll and Bute Scotland111
9Cambridgeshire England102
10North Ayrshire Scotland82
11Rotherham England78
12North Yorkshire England76
13Fife Scotland74
14Aberdeenshire Scotland69
15Orkney Islands Scotland68
3,784 England1,112 Scotland268 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 112 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,306
Peak month
June
Counties with records
112
Scientific name
Dactylorhiza majalis
Group
Flowering plants
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Dactylorhiza
Name with authority
Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh.
Contributing datasets
50

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1367838 · GBIF 2810155