Its habitat is confined to very local damp , lime - rich places , in long herbage ( fens and limy marshes ) in eastern and northern England ; it is also found in damp hollows with limestone soils in western Ireland .
Its habitat is confined to very local damp , lime - rich places , in long herbage ( fens and limy marshes ) . 
 In the British Isles , it is rare , confined to eastern and northern England and damp hollows with limestone soils in western Ireland .