The following is a list of plant species to be found in a north

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fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

with some attempt to distinguish between reed bed relicts and the carr 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 rostrata ''Carex rostrata'', the bottle sedge or beaked sedge, is a perennial species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae. Range and habitat The species is native to Holarctic fens and can be found in Canada and the northern part of the United States, and ...

'' * Whorl grass; ''

Catabrosa aquatica ''Catabrosa aquatica'', called brookgrass, water whorl-grass, water whirlgrass and water hairgrass, is widespread species of semi-aquatic grass in the genus ''Catabrosa ''Catabrosa'' is a small but widespread genus of plants in the grass fami ...

'' * Needle spike-rush; ''

Eleocharis acicularis ''Eleocharis acicularis'' is a species of spikesedge known by the common names needle spikerush and least spikerush. It is widespread across Europe, central and southeastern Asia, North America and northeastern South America as far south as Ecu ...

'' * Northern spike-rush; '' Eleocharis austriaca'' * Sweet grasses; ''

Glyceria ''Glyceria'' is a widespread genus of grass family common across Eurasia, Australia, North Africa, and the Americas. ''Glyceria'' is known commonly as mannagrass in the United States, or, in the UK, sweet-grass. These are perennial rhizomatous ...

species. * Common reed; ''

Phragmites australis ''Phragmites australis'', known as the common reed, is a species of plant. It is a broadly distributed wetland grass that can grow up to tall. Description ''Phragmites australis'' commonly forms extensive stands (known as reed beds), which may ...

'' * Swamp meadow grass; '' Poa palustris''

In typical fen

* Flat sedge; ''

Blysmus compressus ''Blysmus compressus'' is a species of flat sedge belonging to the family Cyperaceae. Its native range is Europe to Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinen ...

'' * Great fen sedge; ''

Cladium mariscus ''Cladium mariscus'' is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae, sedge family known by the common names swamp sawgrass, great fen-sedge, saw-sedge or sawtooth sedge. Previously it was known as elk sedge. It is native of temperate Europe an ...

'' * Lesser tufted sedge; ''

Carex acuta ''Carex acuta'', the acute sedge, slender tufted-sedge, or 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 acutiformis ''Carex acutiformis'', the lesser pond-sedge, is a species of sedge. Description It grows up to tall, with leaves up to long and wide. Ecology It is native to parts of northern and western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of ...

'' * Davall's sedge; '' Carex davalliana'' * Dioecious sedge; ''

Carex dioica ''Carex dioica'', the dioecious sedge (a name it shares with ''Carex sterilis''), is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Carex'', native to Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, nearly all of Europe, western Siberia, and the Altai. It prefers to ...

'' * Brown sedge; ''

Carex disticha ''Carex disticha'' is a Eurasian species of sedge known as the brown sedge or, in North America, tworank sedge. Distribution ''Carex disticha'' is native to parts of Northern and Western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habit ...

'' * Tufted sedge; ''

Carex elata ''Carex elata'', tufted sedge, is a species in the genus ''Carex'', native to all of Europe, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia. It prefers to grow with its roots in water. Its cultivar 'Aurea' has gained the Royal Horti ...

'' * Slender sedge; '' Carex lasiocarpa'' * Flea sedge; '' Carex pulicaris'' * Greater pond sedge; ''

Carex riparia ''Carex 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 glau ...

'' * Common spike-rush; ''

Eleocharis palustris ''Eleocharis palustris'', the common spike-rush, creeping spike-rush or marsh spike-rush, is a species of mat-forming perennial flowering plants in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows in wetlands in Europe, North Africa, northern and central A ...

'' * Few-flowered spike-rush; ''

Eleocharis quinqueflora ''Eleocharis quinqueflora'' is a species of spikesedge known by the common names fewflower spikerush and few-flowered spike-rush. It is widespread across Europe, North Africa, northern Asia (Siberia, China, Kazakhstan, Himalayas, etc.), and Nor ...

'' * Slender spike-rush; ''

Eleocharis uniglumis ''Eleocharis uniglumis'' is a species of plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae. Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲn� ...

'' * Broad-leaved cotton sedge; ''

Eriophorum latifolium ''Eriophorum latifolium'', commonly known as broad-leaved bog-cotton and broad leaved cotton grass ...

'' * Reed sweet-grass; ''

Glyceria maxima ''Glyceria maxima'' (syn. ''G. aquatica'' (L.) Wahlenb.; ''G. spectabilis'' Mert. & W.D.J. Koch; ''Molinia maxima'' Hartm.; ''Poa aquatica'' L.), commonly known as great manna grass, reed mannagrass, reed sweet-grass, and greater sweet-grass is a ...

'' * Yellow flag iris; ''

Iris pseudacorus ''Iris pseudacorus'', the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet ''pseudacorus'' means "false acorus", re ...

'' * Brown bog rush; ''

Schoenus ferrugineus ''Schoenus ferrugineus'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 kno ...

In fen carr

* Narrow small-reed; ''

Calamagrostis stricta ''Calamagrostis stricta'', known as slim-stem small reed grass or narrow small-reed, is a species of bunchgrass in the family Poaceae of the Holarctic Kingdom. Description General description The species is perennial and caespitose with elonga ...

'' * Purple small-reed; ''

Calamagrostis canescens ''Calamagrostis canescens'', known as purple small-reed, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to Europe and western Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive ge ...

'' * Tussock sedge; '' Carex paniculata'' * Cyperus sedge; ''

Carex pseudocyperus ''Carex pseudocyperus'' is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name cyperus sedge or hop sedge. It grows in marshes, swamps, and the margins of ponds, rivers and canals. The stems can be up to with one male spik ...

'' * Wood club rush; ''

Scirpus sylvaticus ''Scirpus sylvaticus'', the wood clubrush, is a species of flowering plant in the Cyperaceae, sedge family. ''Scirpus sylvaticus'' can reach 1 m, and has triangular stems. ''S. sylvaticus'' widespread in Eurasia, is very common in the European ...

References

*Rose, F. ''Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe'' (1989) {{ISBN, 0-670-80688-9 Fen

Fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...