NOUN
- any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots; Europe and Mediterranean region
How To Use marsh orchid In A Sentence
- Wild plants such as the early marsh orchids are very selective about where they grow.
- Other success stories include the river Nar in Norfolk, which now yields sea trout as well as dace, chub and brown trout, while birdwatchers can enjoy kingfisher and reed warblers as well as admiring 12 species of dragonfly and marsh orchids. Rivers the healthiest in a generation due to stricter pollution controls
- In spring and summer, early and southern marsh orchids vie with marsh peas and bogbeans for the flower lover's attention.
- Marsh orchids can be abundant now in damp, undisturbed meadows, often alongside rivers. Times, Sunday Times
- Sedges, helleborine and marsh orchids and two threatened species of dandelion are among the plants included. Times, Sunday Times
- Marsh orchids, marsh and meadow thistles, meadowsweet and ragged robin thrive.
