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Species

Chalkhill blue female © Tom Hibbert

Wildflowers

The purple flower spikes of betony growing in a grassland

Betony

A frog orchid rises from a grassy mound, with the grassland sloping up to a hedge in the distance. The orchid has bulbous reddish flowers groing from a central stalk

Frog orchid

The flowers of a fly orchid, demonstrating their insect-like appearance

Fly orchid

sea campion

Sea campion

Southern Marsh Orchid

Southern marsh orchid

Greater water parsnip

Greater water parsnip

Fen violet

Fen violet

Field cow-wheat

Field cow-wheat

Marsh Cinquefoil

Marsh cinquefoil

Welsh Poppy

Welsh poppy

Water-cress

Water-cress

Curled Dock

Curled dock

Herb-Robert

Herb-robert

wood avens

Wood avens

Sea-holly

Sea-holly

Cowslip

Cowslip

Hedge Woundwort

Hedge woundwort

Hedge Bindweed

Hedge bindweed

Common Ragwort

Common ragwort

Common Spotted-orchid

Common spotted-orchid

Arrowhead

Arrowhead

Bulbous Buttercup

Bulbous buttercup

Melancholy Thistle

Melancholy thistle

Deptford Pink

Deptford pink

Yellow-horned Poppy

Yellow horned-poppy

Stinging nettle

Stinging nettle

Common Sorrel

Common sorrel

Wood sorrel growing from moss in a wooded valley

Wood sorrel

Water Avens

Water avens

Cow Parsley

Cow parsley

creeping jenny

Creeping jenny

White Dead-nettle

White dead-nettle

Deadly Nightshade

Deadly nightshade

Groundsel

Groundsel

Lords-and-ladies

Lords-and-ladies

Bog asphodel

Bog asphodel

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