Lough Allen Basin loughallenbasin.com home / environment / employment		Ideas & Images Environment & Employment This Site explores a specific area of north west Ireland, shows off it’s great attractions and suggests some ideas for Conservation of the Environment and developing high level employement for people living in the area
		Irish Lady’s Tresses: The Place / Birdlife / Unique Flora / Pollan

The name of this rare species is very fanciful. .. romantic Botanists, eh? It refers to the fact that at the peak of their flowering the flowers are arranged in a spiral, like a lock of long (white) hair! The sheer rarity of this orchid and its presence in Lough Allen highlights the unique environment of the area.

Lough Allen Survey (Summer 2008)

Large scale Distribution Map of whole Lake
BACK to Environmental Topics

Plotting of Species distribution:                    David & Frances Farrell © Ordnance Survey Ireland/Government of Ireland Licence No. NE 0000409   Map below covers all shores of Lough Allen; reference to ‘east’ in Legend is being corrected.