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  1. [Pictured] Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. ex Link – flat sedge
  2. [Pictured] Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link – saltmarsh flat-sedge
  3. Bolboschoenus laticarpus Marhold, Hroudová, Ducháček & Zákr. – inland club-rush
  4. [Pictured] Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla – sea club-rush
  5. [Pictured] Carex acuta L. – slender tufted sedge
  6. [Pictured] Carex acutiformis Ehrh. – lesser pond-sedge
  7. Carex appropinquata Schumach. – fibrous tussock-sedge
  8. Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. – water sedge
  9. [Pictured] Carex arenaria L. – sand sedge
  10. [Pictured] Carex atrata L. – black Alpine sedge
  11. Carex atrofusca Schkuhr – scorched Alpine sedge
  12. [Pictured] Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. – stiff sedge
  13. [Pictured] Carex binervis Sm. – green-ribbed sedge
  14. Carex buchananii Berggr. – silver-spiked sedge
  15. [Pictured] Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. – club sedge
  16. [Pictured] Carex canescens L. – white sedge
  17. [Pictured] Carex capillaris L. – hair sedge
  18. [Pictured] Carex caryophyllea Latourr. – spring sedge
  19. Carex cespitosa L. – scarce tufted sedge
  20. Carex chordorrhiza L. f. – string sedge
  21. Carex comans Berggr. – New Zealand hair sedge
  22. [Pictured] Carex davalliana Sm. – Davall’s sedge
  23. [Pictured] Carex demissa Hornem. – common yellow sedge
  24. [Pictured] Carex depauperata Curtis ex With. – starved wood-sedge
  25. Carex diandra Schrank – lesser tussock-sedge
  26. [Pictured] Carex digitata L. – fingered sedge
  27. [Pictured] Carex dioica L. – dioecious sedge
  28. [Pictured] Carex distans L. – distant sedge
  29. [Pictured] Carex disticha Huds. – brown sedge
  30. [Pictured] Carex divisa Huds. – divided sedge
  31. [Pictured] Carex divulsa Stokes – grey sedge
  32. [Pictured] Carex echinata Murray – star sedge
  33. [Pictured] Carex elata All. – tufted sedge
  34. Carex elongata L. – elongated sedge
  35. Carex ericetorum Pollich – rare spring sedge
  36. [Pictured] Carex extensa Gooden. – long-bracted sedge
  37. [Pictured] Carex flacca Schreb. – glaucous sedge
  38. [Pictured] Carex flava L. – large yellow sedge
  39. [Pictured] Carex hirta L. – hairy sedge
  40. [Pictured] Carex hostiana DC. – tawny sedge
  41. Carex humilis Leyss. – dwarf sedge
  42. Carex lachenalii Schkuhr – hare’s-foot sedge
  43. [Pictured] Carex laevigata Sm. – smooth-stalked sedge
  44. Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. – slender sedge
  45. [Pictured] Carex lepidocarpa Tausch – long-stalked yellow sedge
  46. [Pictured] Carex leporina L. – oval sedge
  47. [Pictured] Carex limosa L. – bog sedge
  48. Carex magellanica Lam. – tall bog-sedge
  49. [Pictured] Carex maritima Gunnerus – curved sedge
  50. Carex microglochin Wahlenb. – bristle sedge
  51. [Pictured] Carex montana L. – soft-leaved sedge
  52. [Pictured] Carex muricata L. – prickly sedge
  53. [Pictured] Carex nigra (L.) Reichard – common sedge
  54. Carex norvegica Retz. – close-headed Alpine sedge
  55. [Pictured] Carex ornithopoda Willd. – bird’s-foot sedge
  56. [Pictured] Carex otrubae Podp. – false fox sedge
  57. [Pictured] Carex pallescens L. – pale sedge
  58. [Pictured] Carex panicea L. – carnation sedge
  59. [Pictured] Carex paniculata L. – greater tussock-sedge
  60. [Pictured] Carex pauciflora Lightf. – few-flowered sedge
  61. [Pictured] Carex pendula Huds. – pendulous sedge
  62. [Pictured] Carex pilulifera L. – pill sedge
  63. [Pictured] Carex pseudocyperus L. – cyperus sedge
  64. [Pictured] Carex pulicaris L. – flea sedge
  65. [Pictured] Carex punctata Gaudin – dotted sedge
  66. Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm. – mountain bog-sedge
  67. [Pictured] Carex recta Boott – estuarine sedge
  68. [Pictured] Carex remota L. – remote sedge
  69. [Pictured] Carex riparia Curtis – greater pond-sedge
  70. [Pictured] Carex rostrata Stokes – bottle sedge
  71. Carex rupestris Bellardi ex All. – rock sedge
  72. [Pictured] Carex salina Wahlenb. – saltmarsh sedge
  73. [Pictured] Carex saxatilis L. – russet sedge
  74. [Pictured] Carex simpliciuscula Wahlenb. – false sedge
  75. [Pictured] Carex spicata Huds. – spiked sedge
  76. [Pictured] Carex strigosa Huds. – thin-spiked wood-sedge
  77. [Pictured] Carex sylvatica Huds. – wood sedge
  78. [Pictured] Carex tomentosa L. – downy-fruited sedge
  79. Carex trinervis Degl. – three-nerved sedge
  80. [Pictured] Carex vaginata Tausch – sheathed sedge
  81. [Pictured] Carex vesicaria L. – bladder sedge
  82. [Pictured] Carex viridula Michx. – small-fruited yellow sedge
  83. Carex vulpina L. – true fox sedge
  84. Carex vulpinoidea Michx. – American fox sedge
  85. Carex × grahamii Boott – mountain bladder-sedge
  86. [Pictured] Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl – great fen-sedge
  87. [Pictured] Cyperus eragrostis Lam. – pale galingale
  88. Cyperus fuscus L. – brown galingale
  89. [Pictured] Cyperus longus L. – galingale
  90. Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. – needle spike-rush
  91. Eleocharis mamillata (Lindb. f.) Lindb. f. – northern spike-rush
  92. [Pictured] Eleocharis multicaulis (Sm.) Desv. – many-stalked spike-rush
  93. [Pictured] Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. – common spike-rush
  94. [Pictured] Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer – dwarf spike-rush
  95. [Pictured] Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz – few-flowered spike-rush
  96. [Pictured] Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. – slender spike-rush
  97. [Pictured] Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link – floating club-rush
  98. [Pictured] Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. – common cottongrass
  99. Eriophorum gracile W. D. J. Koch ex Roth – slender cottongrass
  100. [Pictured] Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe – broad-leaved cottongrass
  101. [Pictured] Eriophorum vaginatum L. – hare’s-tail cottongrass
  102. [Pictured] Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. – slender club-rush
  103. [Pictured] Isolepis setacea (L.) R. Br. – bristle club-rush
  104. [Pictured] Rhynchospora alba (L.) Vahl – white beak-sedge
  105. [Pictured] Rhynchospora fusca (L.) W. T. Aiton – brown beak-sedge
  106. [Pictured] Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla – common club-rush
  107. Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla – sharp club-rush
  108. [Pictured] Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C. C. Gmel.) Palla – grey club-rush
  109. Schoenoplectus triqueter (L.) Palla – triangular club-rush
  110. Schoenus ferrugineus L. – brown bog-rush
  111. [Pictured] Schoenus nigricans L. – black bog-rush
  112. [Pictured] Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják – round-headed club-rush
  113. [Pictured] Scirpus sylvaticus L. – wood club-rush
  114. [Pictured] Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers. – cotton deergrass
  115. Trichophorum cespitosum (L.) Hartm. – northern deergrass
  116. [Pictured] Trichophorum germanicum Palla – deergrass
L-R: Bidens tripartita, Melilotus officinalis, Mimulus guttatus, Thalictrum flavum, Ranunculus peltatus, Anchusa arvensis, Malva alcea, Lolium perenne