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Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Common Spotted-orchid)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dactylorhiza fuchsii, the common spotted orchid, is a common species of orchid. It is widespread across much of Europe, with the range extending eastward into Siberia, Mongolia and Xinjiang. The species is also reportedly naturalised in the Canadian Province of Ontario.
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Infraspecies

Dactylorhiza fuchsii carpatica
Dactylorhiza fuchsii fuchsii
Dactylorhiza fuchsii hebridensis
Dactylorhiza fuchsii okellyi
Dactylorhiza fuchsii psychrophila
Dactylorhiza fuchsii sooana
Dactylorhiza fuchsii sudetica
Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. sacciferoides

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  Purple
Height [2]  20 inches (.5 m)
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [4]  Herb
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [3]  Mostly Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Damp

Protected Areas

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Predators

Muntiacus reevesi (Reeves's muntjac)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia sessilis (Arum Rust)[5]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2PLANTATT - Attributes of British and Irish Plants: Status, Size, Life History, Geography and Habitats, M. O. Hill, C. D. Preston & D. B. Roy, Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (2004)
♦ 3ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0