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Grasses, sedges and rushes

Sand Sedge

Sand sedge

Wavy hair grass

Wavy hair-grass

Common Spike-rush

Common spike-rush

Wallbarley

Wall barley

Common Cotton-grass

Common cotton-grass

Elymus repens, Couch-grass

Common couch

Sedge Warbler in Common Reed

Common reed

Schoenoplectus lacustris

Common club-rush

Timothy

Timothy

Cock's-foot

Cock's-foot

Marram Grass

Marram grass

Creeping bent with grass background

Creeping bent

Sweet Vernal-grass

Sweet vernal-grass

False Oat-grass

False oat-grass

wood melick

Wood melick

Great fen sedge

Great fen-sedge

Quaking-grass

Quaking-grass

Soft Brome

Soft brome

True Fox-sedge

True fox-sedge

Crested Dog's-tail

Crested dog's-tail

Yorkshire-fog

Yorkshire-fog

Reed Sweet-grass

Reed sweet-grass

Field Wood-rush

Field wood-rush

Annual Meadow-grass

Annual meadow-grass

Greater Pond Sedge

Greater pond sedge

Perennial Rye-grass

Perennial rye-grass

Pendulous Sedge

Pendulous sedge

Hard rush

Hard rush

bulrush

Great reedmace

Common Blue butterfly on Soft Rush

Soft rush

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