List of plants often found in the habitat: "Carex rostrata-Potentilla palustris tall-herb fen"
| tree shrub | ||
|---|---|---|
| grey willow | Salix cinerea | salicaceae |
| shrub | ||
| bittersweet or woody nightshade | Solanum dulcamara | solanaceae |
| sedge | ||
| fibrous tussock sedge | Carex appropinquata | cyperaceae |
| water sedge | Carex aquatilis | cyperaceae |
| lesser tussock sedge | Carex diandra | cyperaceae |
| tufted sedge | Carex elata | cyperaceae |
| common sedge | Carex nigra | cyperaceae |
| carnation sedge | Carex panicea | cyperaceae |
| mire bottle sedge | Carex rostrata | cyperaceae |
| bladder sedge | Carex vesicaria | cyperaceae |
| common cottongrass | Eriophorum angustifolium | cyperaceae |
| rush | ||
| common spike rush | Eleocharis palustris | juncaceae |
| sharp-flowered rush | Juncus acutiflorus | juncaceae |
| jointed rush | Juncus articulatus | juncaceae |
| soft rush | Juncus effusus | juncaceae |
| blunt-flowered rush | Juncus subnodulosus | juncaceae |
| reed | ||
| branched bur-reed | Sparganium erectum | sparganiaceae |
| moss | ||
| marsh bryum | Bryum pseudotriquetrum | bryales |
| felted thyme moss | Rhizomnium pseudopunctatum | bryales |
| dotted thyme-moss | Rhizomnium punctatum | bryales |
| river feather moss | Brachythecium rivulare | hypnales |
| rough stalked feather moss | Brachythecium rutabulum | hypnales |
| heart leaved spear moss | Calliergon cordifolium | hypnales |
| pointed spear moss | Calliergon cuspidatum | hypnales |
| giant spear moss | Calliergon giganteum | hypnales |
| fern leaved hook moss | Cratoneuron filicinum | hypnales |
| floating hook moss | Drepanocladus fluitans | hypnales |
| fringed bog moss | Sphagnum fimbriatum | sphagnales |
| spiky bog moss | Sphagnum squarrosum | sphagnales |
| liverwort | ||
| St Winifrid's Moss | Chiloscyphus polyanthos | jungermanniales |
| bifid crestwort | Lophocolea bidentata | jungermanniales |
| herb | ||
| wild angelica | Angelica sylvestris | apiaceae |
| fools water-cress | Apium nodiflorum | apiaceae |
| great water parsnip | Sium latifolium | apiaceae |
| milk parsley | Thyselium palustre | apiaceae |
| marsh pennywort | Hydrocotyle vulgaris | araliaceae |
| marsh marigold | Caltha palustris | asteraceae |
| marsh thistle | Cirsium palustre | asteraceae |
| marsh ragwort | Senecio aquaticus | asteraceae |
| tufted forget-me-not | Myosotis laxa | boraginaceae |
| water forget-me-nots | Myosotis scorpioides | boraginaceae |
| large bittercress | Cardamine amara | brassicaceae |
| cuckoo-flower | Cardamine pratensis | brassicaceae |
| common valerian | Valeriana officinalis | caprifoliaceae |
| ragged-robin | Silene flos-cuculi | carophyllaceae |
| bog stitchwort | Stellaria alsine | carophyllaceae |
| marsh stitchwort | Stellaria palustris | carophyllaceae |
| water horsetail | Equisetum fluviatile | equisetaceae |
| marsh horsetail | Equisetum palustre | equisetaceae |
| greater bird's-foot trefoil | Lotus pedunculatus | fabaceae |
| marsh St John's wort | Hypericum elodes | hypericaceae |
| yellow iris or flag | Iris pseudacorus | iridaceae |
| gipsywort | Lycopus europaeus | lamiaceae |
| water mint | Mentha aquatica | lamiaceae |
| duckweed | Lemna minor | lemnaceae |
| purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | lythraceae |
| bogbean | Menyanthes trifoliata | manyanthaceae |
| marsh willowherb | Epilobium palustre | onagraceae |
| marsh helleborine | Epipactis palustris | orchidaceae |
| common water starwort | Callitriche stagnalis | plantaginaceae |
| brooklime | Veronica beccabunga | plantaginaceae |
| marsh speedwell | Veronica scutellata | plantaginaceae |
| amphibious bistort | Polygonum amphibium | polygonaceae |
| water dock | Rumex hydrolapathum | polygonaceae |
| bog pond weed | Potamogeton polygonifolius | potamogetonaceae |
| creeping jenny | Lysimachia thyrsiflora | primulaceae |
| yellow loosestrife | Lysimachia vulgaris | primulaceae |
| lesser spearwort | Ranunculus flammula | ranunculaceae |
| greater spearwort | Ranunculus lingua | ranunculaceae |
| creeping buttercup | Ranunculus repens | ranunculaceae |
| marsh cinquefoil | Comarum palustre | rosaceae |
| meadow sweet | Filipendula ulmaria | rosaceae |
| marsh bedstraw | Galium palustre | rubiaceae |
| skullcap | Scutellaria galericulata | scrophulariaceae |
| grass | ||
| velvet bent | Agrostis canina | poaceae |
| creeping bent | Agrostis stolonifera | poaceae |
| Yorkshire fog | Holcus lanatus | poaceae |
| common reed | Phragmites australis | poaceae |
| rough meadow grass | Poa trivialis | poaceae |
| fern | ||
| crested buckler fern | Dryopteris cristata | dryopteridaceae |
| bulrush | ||
| reedmace | Typha latifolia | typhaceae |