List of fen plants
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an fen
Fen
A fen is a type of wetland fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater. Fens are characterised by their water chemistry, which is neutral or alkaline, with relatively high dissolved mineral levels but few other plant nutrients...
habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
with some attempt to distinguish between reed bed relicts and the carr
Carr (topography)
A carr is a type of waterlogged, wooded terrain that, typically, represents a succession stage between the original reedy swamp and the eventual formation of forest in a sub-maritime climate....
pioneers. However, nature does not come in neat compartments so that for example, the odd stalk of common reed will be found in carr.
In pools
- Beaked sedge; Carex rostrataCarex rostrataCarex rostrata, bottle sedge, is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae native to Holarctic fens....
- Whorl grass; Catabrosa aquatica
- Needle spike-rush; Eleocharis acicularisEleocharis acicularisEleocharis acicularis is a species of spikesedge known by the common names needle spikerush and dwarf hairgrass. It has a circumboreal distribution and it can also be found throughout the rest of the Americas. It is also found in Australia, where it is probably an introduced species...
- Northern spike-rush; Eleocharis austriaca
- Sweet grasses; GlyceriaGlyceriaGlyceria is a genus of grasses known commonly as mannagrass or, as referred to in the UK, sweet-grass. These are perennial rhizomatous grasses found in wet areas in temperate regions worldwide. The base of the grass grows along the ground and may root at several places. Then it grows erect and...
species. - Common reed; Phragmites australis
- Swamp meadow grass; Poa palustrisPoa palustrisPoa palustris is a species of grass native to Asia, Europe and Northern America. This plant is used as fodder and forage, and it also used for erosion control or revegetation.-External links:****...
In typical fen
- Flat sedge; Blysmus compressus
- Great fen sedge; Cladium mariscusCladium mariscusCladium mariscus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name Saw-sedge or Sawtooth Sedge. It is native of temperate Europe and Asia where it grows in base-rich boggy areas and lakesides. It can be up to 2.5 metres tall, and has leaves with hard serrated edges....
- Lesser tufted sedge; Carex acutaCarex acutaCarex acuta or Acute Sedge, Slender Tufted-sedge, Slim Sedge can be found growing on the margins of rivers and lakes in the Palaearctic terrestrial ecoregions in beds of wet, alkaline or slightly acid depressions with mineral soil....
- Lesser pond sedge; Carex acutiformisCarex acutiformisCarex acutiformis, the lesser pond sedge, is a species of sedge.-Description:It grows up to tall, with leaves up to long and wide.-Ecology:...
- Davall's sedge; Carex davalliana
- Dioecious sedge; Carex dioica
- Brown sedge; Carex distichaCarex distichaCarex disticha is a species of sedge, whose common name is Two-ranked Sedge. It is native to parts of Northern and Western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habitat types, and it has been introduced to the Great Lakes region of southern Canada...
- Tufted sedge; Carex elata
- Slender sedge; Carex lasiocarpaCarex lasiocarpaCarex lasiocarpa is a species of sedge known by the common names slender sedge and woollyfruit sedge.-Distribution:This is an aquatic or shore plant of wet areas in mountainous areas of moderate elevation. It is found across much of North America and Eurasia...
- Flea sedge; Carex pulicaris
- Greater pond sedge; Carex ripariaCarex ripariaCarex riparia, the greater pond sedge, is a species of sedge found across Europe and Asia. It grows in a variety of wet habitats, and can be a dominant species in some swamps. It is Britain's largest Carex, growing up to tall, with glaucous leaves up to long...
- Common spike-rush; Eleocharis palustrisEleocharis palustrisEleocharis palustris Roem. & Schult. is a species of mat-forming perennial plants in the genus Eleocharis growing in wetlands throughout the Boreal Kingdom. E...
- Few-flowered spike-rush; Eleocharis quinquefloraEleocharis quinquefloraEleocharis quinqueflora is a species of spikesedge known by the common name fewflower spikerush. This plant has a circumboreal distribution and is also found in the southern half of the United States, as well as Chile. It is a resident of wet meadows, bogs, hot springs, and other moist places. This...
- Slender spike-rush; Eleocharis uniglumis
- Broad-leaved cotton sedge; Eriophorum latifolium
- Reed sweet-grass; Glyceria maximaGlyceria maximaGlyceria maxima Holmb. is a species of rhizomatous perennial grasses in the mannagrass genus native to Europe and Western Siberia and growing in wet areas such as riverbanks and ponds...
- Yellow flag iris; Iris pseudacorusIris pseudacorusIris pseudacorus is a species of Iris, native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Common names include yellow iris and yellow flag...
- Brown bog [sic] rush; Schoenus ferrugineus
In fen carr
- Narrow small-reed; Calamagrostis strictaCalamagrostis strictaCalamagrostis stricta, Slim-stem Reed Grass, Koeler is a species of bunch grass in the Poaceae family.Calamagrostis stricta is native to wetlands of the Holarctic Kingdom....
- Purple small-reed; Calamagrostis canescensCalamagrostis canescensCalamagrostis canescens Roth is a species of grass in the Poaceae family, native to Europe and western Siberia....
- Tussock sedge; Carex paniculata
- Cyperus sedge; Carex pseudocyperus
- Wood club rush; Scirpus sylvaticus