The Flora of Derbyshire - Checklist, Maps and Sample Accounts

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Dates
First year: 1677
Latest year: 2010

County Status
Native

Family
Orchidaceae

Total records held
8

Grid Square Count

1987-2007	Ever
Monads: 1	3
Tetrads: 1	3
Hectads: 1	4

Conservation Status
B, AA

Account last edited
Apr 25 2005

Explanation of terms

Species Details

Lesser Twayblade is a very rare native perennial of wet heather moors and rock ledges of the Dark Peak. It was regarded as locally extinct until 2010 when it was rediscovered in Hope Forest woodland in SK19. Previous records were from near Grindleford (SK2680) and Cupola (SK2582) in the 1940s and Kinder Scout (SK08) and Hassop (SK27) in 1903. It was probably lost through a combination of excessive grazing and burning of heather moors and over-enthusiastic collecting (Anderson & Shimwell 1981).

This plant is in Category 6 of the local Red Data List, 2009.