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***SWAAG_ID***	878
Date Entered	05/05/2015
Updated on	05/05/2015
Recorded by	Ric Carter
Category	Flower / Plant Record
Record Type	Botanical HER
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Site Access	Public Footpath
Record Date	28/04/2015
Location	Gunnerside, Lodge Green
Civil Parish	Melbecks
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Record Name	Wild Flowers - Early Purple Orchid
Record Description	These Early Purple Orchids (Orchis mascula) were the first I had seen this Spring (on 28th April) just coming in to flower beside the public footpath at Lodge Green under light woodland cover. According to the Plantlife website, the Early Purple Orchid is the "long purple" of Ophelia's garland as referred to by Shakespeare's Hamlet "of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples that liberal Shepards give a grosser name ..." According to my 1973 edition (1978 revision) of the AA Book of the British Countryside the roots of the early purple orchid were once supposed to have aphrodisiac powers!
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Tree Site ID	0
Associated Site SWAAG ID	0
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Image 1 ID	6232 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	Early Purple Orchid