Plants

Common Spike-rush - Eleocharis palustris

Few-flowered Spike-rush - Eleocharis quinqueflora

Found on wetland.

Slender Spike-rush - Eleocharis uniglumis

Canadian Waterweed - Elodea canadensis

Common Couch - Elytrigia repens

American Waterherb - Epilobium ciliatum

Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum

This is also known as Great Hairy Willowherb.

Broad-leaved Willowherb - Epilobium montanum

Short-fruited Willowherb - Epilobium obscurum

Marsh Willowherb - Epilobium palustre

Hoary Willowherb - Epilobium parviflorum

Square-stalked Willowherb - Epilobium tetragonum

Field Horsetail - Equisetum arvense

Water Horsetail - Equisetum fluviatile

Marsh Horsetail - Equisetum palustre

Cotton-grass - Eriophorum angustifolium

The white nodding heads of the Cotton Grass can be seen through the scrapes and up in the wetland pools during the early summer. The seeds are dispersed by the wind.

Broad-leaved Cottongrass - Eriophorum latifolium

Found on wetland.

Common Stork's-bill - Erodium cicutarium

Spindle - Euonymus europaeus

The branches of this tree are at right angles to the main branch. The flowers are inconspicuous but the fruits in autumn are bright pink and when they burst open the orange testa can be seen.

Hemp Agrimony - Eupatorium cannabinum

You can see this tall plant growing around the ponds in the scrapes in late summer.

Common Eyebright - Euphrasia nemorosa

This flower is semi-parasitic on clovers and plantains. It flowers from late May through to September.

Eurhynchium praelongum

Eurhynchium striatum

Beech - Fagus sylvatica

This seedling was found on the moor, far away from the parent plant. Possibly carried there by a Grey Squirrel or Jay?

Tall Fescue - Festuca arundinacea