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Explore wild species across the UK:

Sulphur tuft fungi at Sydenham Hill Wood credit Daniel Greenwood 

Grasses, sedges and rushes

Wallbarley

Wall barley

Common Blue butterfly on Soft Rush

Soft rush

wood melick

Wood melick

Field Wood-rush

Field wood-rush

False Oat-grass

False oat-grass

Yorkshire-fog

Yorkshire-fog

Wavy hair grass

Wavy hair-grass

bulrush

Great reedmace

Sweet Vernal-grass

Sweet vernal-grass

True Fox-sedge

True fox-sedge

Creeping bent with grass background

Creeping bent

Marram Grass

Marram grass

Timothy

Timothy

Sedge Warbler in Common Reed

Common reed

Perennial Rye-grass

Perennial rye-grass

Common Cotton-grass

Common cotton-grass

Annual Meadow-grass

Annual meadow-grass

Common Spike-rush

Common spike-rush

Reed Sweet-grass

Reed sweet-grass

Schoenoplectus lacustris

Common club-rush

Cock's-foot

Cock's-foot

Great fen sedge

Great fen-sedge

Quaking-grass

Quaking-grass

Sand Sedge

Sand sedge

Crested Dog's-tail

Crested dog's-tail

Pendulous Sedge

Pendulous sedge

Soft Brome

Soft brome

Greater Pond Sedge

Greater pond sedge

Elymus repens, Couch-grass

Common couch

Hard rush

Hard rush

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