The Ghost Orchid was last seen in 2009 in a Herefordshire wood
1. Ghost Orchid
Status: Critically Endangered
Best time to see: Unknown
Habitat: Beech wood
Where? Herefordshire
This orchid was believed extinct up until it was identified in Herefordshire in 2009. It normally grows underground in deep leaf litter just hardly ever popping its white flower above the surface area to bring in pollinators.
The Red Helleborine grows in southern England and is best seen in May, June and July
2. Red Helleborine
Status: Critically Endangered
Best time to see: May, June and July
Habitat: Dark forest
Where? Southern England
This orchid grows a stem as much as 60cm in height that can bring as much as 17 flowers that are a deep shade of pink. Plantlife UK said it might have ended up being unusual due to a decrease in the population of its pollinators and the ideal environment for them.
Spreading Bellflowers are just discovered in 37 locations in the UK
3. Spreading Bellflower
Status: Endangered
Best time to see: July to November
Habitat: Woodland
Where? Welsh borders and west Midlands
The Spreading Bellflower is just discovered in 37 10-km square locations in the UK, however in really little numbers. It is threatened by modifications in forest management, such as completion of coppicing and other disruptions, and an increased usage of herbicides on roadsides and train banks.
The Crested Cow-wheat grows in East Anglia and other parts of the UK
4. Crested Cow-wheat
Status: Endangered
Best time to see: July and August
Habitat: Rocky Hillside meadows and roadsides
Where? East Anglia and other locations
The plant grows to 15 to 40cm high and produces pink flowers with yellow lips. It grows in meadows, taking on ratings of other plants to bring in pests.
5. Cotswold Pennycress
Status: Vulnerable and Near-Threatened
Best time to see: April and May
Habitat: Farmland
Where? Cotswolds
It sprouts primarily in the Cotswolds, and can be seen outgrowing hedges, walls and banks.
Ploughing, the levelling of rough land, increased usage of fertilisers and herbicides and overlooking limited land have all resulted in the plants steady death. It is typically choked by thicker smothering plants.
The Lady Orchid, which has sensational pink flowers, grows in Kent and Oxfordshire
6. Lady Orchid
Status: Critical
Best time to see: April, May, June
Habitat: Edges of forest and meadow
Where? Kent and Oxfordshire
This purple-coloured orchid produces big stems of 200 flowers that mature to 80cm in height. It can be seen growing on the edges of forest, and in some cases in open meadow.
This meadow plant has actually remained in decrease considering that less land was utilized for grazing significance it was smothered by others
7. Meadow Clary
Status: Vulnerable/Near Threatened
Best time to see: Spring and Summer
Habitat: Grassland
Where? Oxfordshire, Chilterns and north and south Downs
This plant decreased prior to 1950 when less land was utilized for grazing and it was smothered by other coarser plants. It is now discovered in simply 21 locations in the south of England, where it was most likely reintroduced through ‘wild flower seed’ mixes.
The sun caring plant grows in open meadow, and along south-facing hedge banks and the southern edges of forest.
The One-flowered Wintergreen grows in damp, shaded pine forests
8. One-flowered Wintergreen
Status: Vulnerable/ Near Threatened
Best time to see: May, June and July
Habitat: Pine forests
Where? North-east Scotland
This single-flowered plant grows in damp, shaded locations of pine forests. It is plainly noticeable versus the dark soil and decaying pine leaves. The white flower deals with downwards from completion of a high stem, looking a bit like an umbrella
The Twinflower is a relic from the glacial epoch
9. Twinflower
Status: Unknown
Best time to see: Spring and Summer
Habitat: Woodland
Where? Scotland
An arctic-alpine plant that is an antique of the glacial epoch, It has 2 pink bell-like flowers on a slim stem and a thicker stem listed below that sneaks along the ground forming little mats. The Twinflower is thought about among our tiniest and most fragile native flowers.
It now grows in simply 50 unassociated websites following modifications in forest management.
The white-flower orchid has actually been lost from 75 percent of the countryside
10. Lesser Butterfly-orchid
Status: Vulnerable/Near Threatened
Best time to see: June & July
Habitat: Woodland, meadow, heathland and wetland
Where? England, Cardiganshire in Wales, and parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland
This white-flower orchid has actually been lost from 75 percent of the English countryside considering that records started. Growing a 30cm-high stem, the plant is now spread throughout open locations and those with acidic soil. The finest opportunity of seeing it remains in the Cae Blaen Dyffryn Nature Reserve, Wales, which hosts a population that can surpass 3,000 in good years.
The orchids decrease might be connected to a cooperative fungi it depends upon to grow, according to Plantlife UK, which is really conscious fertilisers and fungicides. Their usage on open meadow might have played a part in the plants march towards termination.
The plant chooses Beech and Hazel woods
11. Yellow Birds-nest
Status: Unknown
Best time to see: All year
Habitat: Beech and Hazel forest
Where? UK-wide
The entire plant is a yellow-brown colour, and tends to grow in leaf litter in shaded forest. However, it started to decrease after 1930, potentially due to modifications in forest management, overgrazing and environment fragmentation.
Source: Plantlife UK