Bee Orchid44 views(Ophrys apifera) is a relatively common species but very 'ephemeral' in nature - often appearing in large numbers one year and none the next year
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Beech Leaves76 viewsFresh Beech tree leaves in Spring
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White Helleborine58 views(Cephalanthera damasonium) found in the shade near the edge of Beech woods on Hartslock Reserve
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Chalk Milkwort57 viewsa rare and localised plant on chalk downland
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Common Milkwort46 views(Polygala vulgaris) is normally a blue/mauve colour, but this common variation lacks any blue pigment and so ends up pink
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Common Spotted Orchid54 views(Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
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Common Spotted Orchid37 views(Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
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Dodder39 views(the red stems and small pink flowers in this photo) is a parasitic plant that attaches itself to other neighbouring plants and drinks their sap.
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Dodder24 viewsHere you can see the pink Dodder flowers and red stems, reaching out and strngling neighbouring plants. Dodder is a true parasite that doesn't have chlorophyll and so can't make its own food.
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Dog Rose35 views(Rosa canina agg)
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Early Purple Orchid38 views(Orchis mascula) an orchid of open forest floors and woodland edges -seen here at Moor Copse Reserve
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Fly Orchid59 views(Ophrys insectifera)
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