Protecting Wild Orchids - The Broad-leaved Helleborine
The County of xxx highway department in Wales has added two new sites in a suite of carefully chosen roadside banks. These roadside areas are full of wildflowers and protected from cutting until the species have had an opportunity to flower and seed.
This year, the new areas containe the orchid species, the Broad-leaved Helleborine (Caldrist Llydanddail). The helleborine flowers late in the summer, so cutting will be delayed until September.
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