The National Landscape is home to an amazing diversity of species, many of which are uncommon in a national or international context but thrive within the unique mosaic of habitats.
Well over half the UKs flowering plant species have been recorded including the Lancaster Whitebeam which is found nowhere else in the world other than around Morecambe Bay, the Purple Ramping Fumitory and the nationally scarce Blue Moor-grass.
Wildflowers
Enjoy the amazing wildflowers – more than half the flowering plant species of Britain can be found here, including many orchids. Visit Trowbarrow in Silverdale in June to see the beautiful Bee Orchids, and Arnside Knott in spring for a magnificent display of Cowslips and Early Purple Orchids.
Highlights Of the 56 orchids that grow wild in Britain, 15 can be found in the National Landscape. See how many you can find!
Look out for:
- Dark-red Helleborine
- Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Bird’s-nest Orchid
- Common Twayblade
- Autumn Lady’s Tresses
- Greater Butterfly Orchid
- Lesser Butterfly Orchid
- Fragrant Orchid
- Common Spotted Orchid
- Northern Marsh Orchid
- Early Purple Orchid
- Green-winged Orchid
- Fly Orchid
- Bee Orchid