Locally I find small plants of this species amongst the limestone rocks in places like the Great Orme or more frequently, larger ones in the grikes and cracks of the limestone pavement of the Gaitbarrows Nature reserve in North Lancashire. In northern Scotland in 2011 they were plentiful on cliffs right next to the sea which was a surprise as we (The Inverness Botany Group) had hoped to find perhaps one or two at best.

E. atrorubens is found in good numbers on Gaitbarrows and other sites in north Lancashire but otherwise it has a restricted range of sites in northern Scotland, western Ireland, central England and north Wales.

Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Ceannabeinne cliffs near Durness, Sutherland 2nd July 2011 Previous   Next	Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine Ceannabeinne cliffs near Durness, Sutherland 2nd July 2011 Previous   Next
Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine	Epipactis atrorubens Dark-red Helleborine floret

LHS: Gaitbarrows 12th June 2004 Others: Ceannabeinne seaside cliffs near Durness, Sutherland 2nd July 2011

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