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Gallery: Garden pond flora

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Common cotton-grass

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Common cotton-grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) is a plant worth growing as an emergent in a pond for its dense growth of low rush-like leaves and the beautiful plumes of the white seed-heads. This one is just coming into flower.

Common cotton-grass

Technical Information: Photographed with a Minolta Dimage Z1.
Copyright Richard Burkmar 2004. Permission is hereby granted for anyone to use this image for non-commercial purposes which are of benefit to the natural environment. School pupils, students, teachers and educators are invited to use and reproduce the image freely. The photographer should be credited where practicable. Use for commercial purposes is prohibited unless permission is obtained from the copyright holder.

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