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Dactylorhiza maculata (Spotted Orchid)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Dactylorhiza maculata, known as the heath spotted-orchid or moorland spotted orchid, is an herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Orchidaceae. It is widespread in mountainous regions across much of Europe from Portugal and Iceland east to Russia. It is also found in Algeria, Morocco, and western Siberia.
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Infraspecies

Dactylorhiza maculata arduennensis
Dactylorhiza maculata battandieri
Dactylorhiza maculata caramulensis
Dactylorhiza maculata elodes (Attributes)
Dactylorhiza maculata ericetorum (Heath spotted orchid)
Dactylorhiza maculata f. maculata
Dactylorhiza maculata f. truncata
Dactylorhiza maculata islandica
Dactylorhiza maculata maculata
Dactylorhiza maculata podesta
Dactylorhiza maculata saccifera
Dactylorhiza maculata savogiensis
Dactylorhiza maculata transsilvanica

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  Pink
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees, Beetles
Structure [2]  Bulb
Height [2]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Light Preference [3]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [3]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [3]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [3]  Damp
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Ecosystems

Predators

Chyliza vittata[4]
Cnephasia asseclana (Flax Tortrix Moth)[5]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Anarta myrtilli (Beautiful Yellow Underwing Moth)[4]
Cratichneumon sicarius[4]
Plateumaris sericea[4]
Trichius gallicus zonatus[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chyliza vittata[4]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 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)
♦ 4Ecology of Commanster
♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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