Popularization of rare orchid species is being restored in Moscow
Biologists from the Moscow Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection have recorded a recovery in the number of Red Book orchids on the territory of the capital's natural monuments, the Losiny Ostrov National Park, as well as in floodplains and Stroginsky Cape. This was reported on March 7 on the website of the mayor of Moscow.
Among the red book flowers in the first category of rarity is the two-leafed lubka, or night violet, which is a herbaceous plant with white flowers. Its height is 20-50 cm, and it has from one to three leaves. The inflorescences of the night are a 20-centimeter spike of cylindrical shape.
Her season starts in June and July. The orchid can be seen on Moose Island, Bitsevsky Forest, Teply Stan landscape reserve, as well as on the territory of the TiNAO.
Also listed in the Red Book is the Baltic palmroot, which belongs to the second category of rarity and belongs to the orchid family. This herbaceous plant has a straight and thick stem 30-60 cm high and four to five long lanceolate spotted leaves up to 25 cm long, as well as light purple flowers.
The Baltic fingerroot season begins from mid-June to mid-July. The plant can be found on the territory of the natural monuments "Serebryany Bor", "Tushinskaya Bowl, "Molzhaninovskoye riding swamp", on Stroginsky Cape, in the national park "Losiny Ostrov" and about 10 other territories of the city.
The marsh dormouse, belonging to the first category of rarity, is also listed in the Red Book. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, which reaches a height of 30-80 cm.
Its flowers are creamy-white with dirty purple stripes arranged in inflorescences of 6-12 flowers. In Moscow, it can be found in the "Tushinskaya Bowl", the Kurkin floodplain of the Skhodnya River and "Losiny Ostrov".
Earlier, on February 4, it was reported that 573 species of animals, plants and fungi were listed in the Red Book of Moscow.
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