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On a recent staff training day to identify the plants growing around the Reserve, we were delighted to note the following list of water plants, including some rare species.
Round fruited Rush Juncus compressus
above: Water Forget-me-not © Julia Fisher-Robins
above: Water Mint © Julia Fisher-Robins
Soft Rush Juncus effusus Jointed Rush Juncus articulatus Hard rush Juncus inflexus Spiked Rush Eleocharis palustris Hairy sedge Carex hirta Marsh Fox Tail Alopecurus geniculatus Meadow Fox Tail Alopecurus pratensis Orange Fox Tail (on rare plant register) Alopecurus aequalis Marsh Bedstraw Galium palustre Forget me not – water and tufted variety Myosotis scorpioides and Myosotis laxa Great Willow Herb Epilobium hirsutum Hairy Willow Herb Epilobium Hirstutum Water mint Mentha aquatica Bur Marigold Bidens aurea Nodding bur marigold Bidens cernua triffid bur marigold Bidens tripartita Sea club rush Bolboschoenus maritimus Bulrush Typha latifolia Grey bulrush Scrophularia auriculata Golden Dock Rumex maritimus Clustered Dock Rumex conglomeratus Water Chick weed Myosoton aquaticum Bur reed Sparganium emersum Lesser Reed Mace Typha angustifolia Common Reed Mace Typha latifolia Phragmites Phragmites-communi Redshank Persicaria maculosa Red goose foot Chenopodium rubrum Potentilla (silver weed) Potentilla anserina Mudwort Limosella aquatica Pearlwort Sagina procumbens False fox sedge Carex otrubae Water plantain Alisma lanceolatum Water violet Hottonia palustris Reed Canary Grass Phalaris arundinacea Toad Rush Juncus bufonius agg Marsh Cudweed Gnaphalium uliginosum Non Stinking Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Marsh Yellow Cress Rorippa palustris New Zealand Stone crop Crassula helmsii Smooth Tare Vicia tetrasperma
above: Bull-rush © Julia Fisher-Robins
