Species Detail - Western Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza kerryensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Species Data from the National Vegetation Database".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Dactylorhiza kerryensis
Western Marsh-orchid
NHMSYS0000457918
RecommendedWell-formed
Broad-Leaved Marsh Orchid , Dactylorchis kerryensis (Wilmott) Vermeul., Dactylorchis majalis (Rchb.) Verm., Dactylorchis majalis , Dactylorchis majalis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) J.Heslop-Harrison, Dactylorchis occidentalis (Pugsley) Vermeul., Dactylorchis occidentalis (Pugsley) Verm., Dactylorhiza ? fistulosa (Moench) H. Baumann & Künkele, Dactylorhiza ? fistulosa (Moench) H.Baumann & Künkele, Dactylorhiza comosa sensu P.D. Sell & Murrell, non (Scop.) P.D. Sell , Dactylorhiza comosa subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) P.D. Sell, Dactylorhiza comosa subsp. scotica (E. Nelson) P.D. Sell, Dactylorhiza kerryensis (Wilm.) P.Hunt & Summerh., Dactylorhiza kerryensis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) H. Baumann & Künkele, Dactylorhiza kerryensis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) H.Baumann & Künkele, Dactylorhiza latifolia subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) Soó, Dactylorhiza majalis (Rchb.) P.F. Hunt & Summerh., Dactylorhiza majalis (Reichb.) P.Hunt & Summerh., Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. kerryensis (Wilmott) Bateman & Denholm, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. kerryensis nom. illegit. (Wilmptt) Senghas, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. kerryensis nom.illeg. (Wilm.) Senghas, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) Sell, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) P.D. Sell, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. occidentalis sens.str. , Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. scotica (E.Nelson) R.Bateman & Denholm, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. scotica E. Nelson, Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. scotica E.Nelson, Dactylorhiza majalis var. ebudensis Wiefelspütz ex R.M. Bateman & Denholm, Dactylorhiza majalis var. kerryensis (Wilmott) R.M. Bateman & Denholm, Dactylorhiza majalis var. kerryensis nom.illeg. (Wilm.) Senghas, Dactylorhiza majalis var. scotica (E. Nelson) R.M. Bateman & Denholm, Dactylorhiza majalis var. scotica (A.Nelson) Bateman & Denholm, Dactylorhiza occidentalis (Pugsley) P. Delforge, Orchis kerryensis Wilmott, Orchis majalis Rchb., Orchis majalis subsp. occidentalis (Pugsley) Pugsley, Orchis majalis var. occidentalis Pugsley, Orchis occidentalis , Orchis occidentalis subsp. kerryensis (Wilmott) Clapham, Western Marsh-Orchid , Western Marsh-Orchid [Dactylorhiza occidentalis]
N/A
daker
(Wilmott) P.F. Hunt & Summerh.
Flowering plant
Species
40
19
15
22/06/1974
04/07/2011
7 March (recorded in 1996)
30 October (recorded in 1989)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Species Data from the National Vegetation Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Western Marsh-orchid (Dactylorhiza kerryensis), accessed 13 June 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/186/Species/41075>