Irish Lady's Tresses is widespread and relatively frequent in North America. In Europe, the species is confined to the western fringes of Britain and Ireland, being restricted to a dozen sites in the west of Scotland primarily on the Hebridean Islands, a single location in Devon, and in the north-eastern and western counties of Ireland. The species is listed by the IUCN Orchid specialist Group as having ‘critically low populations’ in Europe.
On Coll it has been noted at approximately thirty sites, a significant proportion of the British total, although numbers and indeed presence of flowering plants varies from year to year.
There are now flowering plants at at least two of the sites on Coll that I regularly take my Day Tours to. If you want to see this species in Britain this may provide one of your best opportunities.
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| Irish Lady's Tresses on Coll |
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