Habitat
Sword-leaved Helleborine usually grow in damp woodland places (mainly oak and beech), forest edges and rocky slopes. These plants prefer calcareous soils and in well exposed places, at an altitude of 0–1,400 metres (0–4,600 ft) above sea level.
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