Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Tracheophyta
›Magnoliopsida›Orchidaceae›Dactylorhiza›Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Ecology
This tuberous perennial herb grows on neutral or base-rich soils in a wide range of habitats, including deciduous woodland, scrub, roadsides, chalk grassland, meadows, marshes, dune-slacks, fens and mildly acidic heaths. It can become abundant in artificial habitats such as waste ground, abandoned gravel-pits, quarries and railway embankments. 0?530 m (Garrigill, Cumberland).
Status
Native
Trends
There has been little change in the distribution of this species since the 1962 Atlas, and losses have been balanced by its ability to colonise newly available, often man-made, habitats.
World Distribution
Eurosiberian Temperate element.
Broad Habitats
Fen, marsh and swamp (not wooded)
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 8
Reaction (Ellenberg): 7
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 3
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 3.5
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.7
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1063
Height (cm): 50
Perennation - primary
Perennial
Life Form - primary
Non-bulbous geophyte (rhizome, corm or tuber)
Woodiness
Herbaceous
Clonality - primary
Little or no vegetative spread
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 2214
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 774
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 5
Atlas Change Index: 0.33
Weighted Changed Factor: 2
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
22
JNCC Designations
NHMSYS0000457901