APHOTOFLORA

An online educational resource and botanical image library dedicated to
the flora; wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, liverworts and mosses, found in
South-West England, mostly around Devon and Cornwall, by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Eleocharis palustris - Common Spike Rush (Cyperaceae)
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Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- inflorescence 1

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- inflorescence 2

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- inflorescence 3

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- inflorescence 4

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- inflorescence 5

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- inflorescences 1

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- flowering plants 1

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- flowering plants 2

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- flowering plants 3

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- habitat 1

Common Spike Rush
Eleocharis palustris
- habitat 2

Images taken at Blagdon's Meadow, Embankment Rd., Plymouth, Devon. 10.06.05. SX5008954871; and at Carfury Quarry Pond, Carfury, near Heamoor, Penzance, Cornwall.

Aerial map of location of this species using Google Maps

 

Eleocharis palustris Common Spike Rush Cyperaceae Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the flora of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but a few species may only be determined by observing microscopic differences that are characteristic to any one species.