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Species

Grasses, sedges and rushes

Wallbarley

Wall barley

Hard rush

Hard rush

wood melick

Wood melick

Common Blue butterfly on Soft Rush

Soft rush

False Oat-grass

False oat-grass

Field Wood-rush

Field wood-rush

Wavy hair grass

Wavy hair-grass

Yorkshire-fog

Yorkshire-fog

Sweet Vernal-grass

Sweet vernal-grass

bulrush

Great reedmace

Marram Grass

Marram grass

True Fox-sedge

True fox-sedge

Creeping bent with grass background

Creeping bent

Timothy

Timothy

Perennial Rye-grass

Perennial rye-grass

Sedge Warbler in Common Reed

Common reed

Annual Meadow-grass

Annual meadow-grass

Common Cotton-grass

Common cotton-grass

Reed Sweet-grass

Reed sweet-grass

Common Spike-rush

Common spike-rush

Cock's-foot

Cock's-foot

Schoenoplectus lacustris

Common club-rush

Quaking-grass

Quaking-grass

Great fen sedge

Great fen-sedge

Crested Dog's-tail

Crested dog's-tail

Sand Sedge

Sand sedge

Soft Brome

Soft brome

Pendulous Sedge

Pendulous sedge

Elymus repens, Couch-grass

Common couch

Greater Pond Sedge

Greater pond sedge

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