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White helleborine Cephalanthera damasonium

Three leaved rush Juncus trifidus and habit sketch and fruit detail

Southern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa

Sharp Flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorus with fruit and cross section of stem to show pith detail

Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis

Diagram of a Pollinia and within an orchid flower

Marsh helleborine Epipactis palustris growing in grass

Hard Rush Juncus inflexus in flower with detail of individual fruit and cross section of pith in the stem

Heath rush Juncus squarrosus with detail of fruit and on cross section of a leaf

Heath spotted orchid Dactylorhiza maculata with pale flowers and showing long spotted leaves

Greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica in full flower with individual detail on one seed. Hairs shown clearly on leaves

Green winged orchid Anacamptis morio

Hairy wood rush Luzula pilosa showing leaf tips and hairs as well as roots and individual fruit

Few flowered Spike rush Eleocharis quinqueflora with stem and individual flower detail; root information included

Early purple orchid Orchis mascula with purple flowers and spotted leaves

Deergrass Scirpus cespitosus flowering clump with individual leaflet and stem cross section, glume, and spikelet detail

Common spotted orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii with spotted leaves and flowers on show

Blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus showing lateral growth along a rhizome, rooting nodes, stem cross section showing hollows in the pith, and individual fruit detail

Birds nest orchid Neottia nidus-avis flowering spike

Black bog rush Schoenus nigricans showing individual flowering spike, stem cross section, and basal colour

Bee orchid Ophrys apifera entire plant with flowers