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Species

Find out more about the UK's wildlife from birds of prey to wildflowers and from marine wildlife to trees and fungi.

Soft Brome

Soft brome

Pendulous Sedge

Pendulous sedge

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

Common couch

Greater Pond Sedge

Greater pond sedge

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

Wall barley

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

Hard rush

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

Wood melick

Common Blue butterfly on Soft Rush

Soft rush

False Oat-grass

False oat-grass

Field Wood-rush

Field wood-rush

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

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

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

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

We're still searching fro the perfect photo of this species

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

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