early marsh-orchid
dactylorhiza incarnata latin

The plants to be found at the site include early marsh-orchid and twayblade orchid while the animals include the Eurasian harvest mouse, viviparous lizard and tree pipit.

Early marsh orchid dactylorhiza incarnata flowers from May through to July.

Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soó subsp.

Amongst other similar orchids are Dactylorhiza incarnata (L.) Soo and Dactylorhiza lapponica (Hartm.)

The Early Marsh Orchid, (Dactylorhiza incarnata) is a perennial, temperate-climate species of orchid generally found growing in wet meadows, and generally on base-rich soils, up to about 2100m asl.

Orchid species include the Early Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata), and Hybrid Marsh Orchids such as D. fuchsii x incarnata and D. fuchsii x pratermissa.

Plants of interest are milk parsley peucedanum palustre the foodplant of the swallowtail, hop humulus lupulus, yellow flag iris pseudacorus, angelica angelica sylvestris, marsh helleborine epipactis palustris and southern marsh orchid dactylorhiza incarnata.