upland

Marsh Pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris showing stoloniferous growth

Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica showing low growing parasitic plant with root

Bog Rosemary Andromeda polifolia showing distinctive bell-like flowers

Heath Milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia showing sprawling habit and calyx and seed detail

Mouse-ear Hawkweed Pilosella officinarum with stolon and basal rosette

Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum for identification chart

Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia with detail.  Carnivorous plant growing in upland and boggy habitats.  

Vivaparous grass Festuca vivipara

Wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa with ligule, spikelet, and lemma detail

Stiff sedge Carex biglowii with rhizome and vegetative tufts, two stigmasm ligule, fruit and glume

sheeps fescue festuca ovina with spikelet, lemma and ligule detail

Purple Moor Grass Molinia caerulea

Hooked Scorpion moss Scorpidium scorpioides tuft with detail of one fascicle and of a leaf

Rusty Hook moss Scorpidium revolvens tuft, individual shoot, and one recurved leaf

Meloncholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum

Moss campion Silene acaulis tuft with detail of individual toothed leaf and flowers in bloom

Heath Plait moss Hypnum jutlandicum tuft of moss and details of an individual fascicle and one leaf

Mat grass Nardus scticta tuft with residual basal growth and detail of individual lemma

Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica flower

Intermediate Hook moss Scorpidium cossonii with individual fascicle and one leaf

Hares tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum with cross section of stem and lead along with several flowering spikes details

Heath rush Juncus squarrosus with detail of fruit and on cross section of a leaf

Dioecious sedge Carex dioica with stem cross section, fruit, two stigmas, female glume, male glume, ligule and individual leaf along with rhizome information

Deergrass Scirpus cespitosus flowering clump with individual leaflet and stem cross section, glume, and spikelet detail