List of plants often found in the habitat: "Molinia caerulea-Cirsium dissectum fen-meadow"
| tree shrub | ||
|---|---|---|
| grey willow | Salix cinerea | salicaceae |
| creeping willow | Salix repens | salicaceae |
| tree | ||
| alder | Alnus glutinosa | salicaceae |
| shrub dwarf | ||
| bell heather or ling | Calluna vulgaris | ericaceae |
| cross leaved heath | Erica tetralix | ericaceae |
| sedge | ||
| tawny sedge | Carex hostiana | cyperaceae |
| common sedge | Carex nigra | cyperaceae |
| carnation sedge | Carex panicea | cyperaceae |
| flea sedge | Carex pulicaris | cyperaceae |
| great fen-sedge | Cladium mariscus | cyperaceae |
| common cottongrass | Eriophorum angustifolium | cyperaceae |
| black bog-rush | Schoenus nigricans | cyperaceae |
| rush | ||
| sharp-flowered rush | Juncus acutiflorus | juncaceae |
| jointed rush | Juncus articulatus | juncaceae |
| compact rush | Juncus conglomeratus | juncaceae |
| soft rush | Juncus effusus | juncaceae |
| blunt-flowered rush | Juncus subnodulosus | juncaceae |
| heath wood rush | Luzula multiflora | juncaceae |
| moss | ||
| bog bead moss | Aulacomnium palustre | bryales |
| rough stalked feather moss | Brachythecium rutabulum | hypnales |
| pointed spear moss | Calliergonell cuspidatum | hypnales |
| Cyprus leaved plait moss | Hypnum cupressiforme | hypnales |
| common feather-moss | Kindbergia praelonga | hypnales |
| neat feather moss | Pseudoscleropodium purum | hypnales |
| common tamarisk moss | Thuidium tamariscinum | hypnales |
| cow horn bog moss | Sphagnum auriculatum | sphagnales |
| lustrous bog moss | Sphagnum subnitens | sphagnales |
| herb | ||
| wild angelica | Angelica sylvestris | apiaceae |
| marsh pennywort | Hydrocotyle vulgaris | araliaceae |
| sneezewort | Achillea ptarmica | asteraceae |
| black knapweed | Centaurea nigra | asteraceae |
| creeping thistle | Cirsium arvense | asteraceae |
| meadow thistle | Cirsium dissectum | asteraceae |
| marsh thistle | Cirsium palustre | asteraceae |
| hemp agrimony | Eupatorium cannabinum | asteraceae |
| lesser hawkbit | Leontodon saxatilis | asteraceae |
| fleabane | Pulicaria dysenterica | asteraceae |
| marsh ragwort | Senecio aquaticus | asteraceae |
| saw wort | Serratula tinctoria | asteraceae |
| cuckoo-flower | Cardamine pratensis | brassicaceae |
| devils-bit scabious | Succisa pratensis | caprifoliaceae |
| marsh valerian | Valeriana dioica | caprifoliaceae |
| common mouse ear | Cerastium fontanum | carophyllaceae |
| ragged-robin | Silene flos-cuculi | carophyllaceae |
| round leaved sundew | Drosera rotundifolia | droceraceae |
| marsh horsetail | Equisetum palustre | equisetaceae |
| meadow vetchling | Lathyrus pratensis | fabaceae |
| greater bird's-foot trefoil | Lotus pedunculatus | fabaceae |
| red clover | Trifolium pratense | fabaceae |
| tufted vetch | Vicia cracca | fabaceae |
| square St John's-wort | Hypericum tetrapterum | hypericaceae |
| wavy St John's Wort | Hypericum undulatum | hypericaceae |
| water mint | Mentha aquatica | lamiaceae |
| lesser skullcap | Scutellaria minor | lamiaceae |
| fairy flax | Linum catharticum | linaceae |
| purple loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | lythraceae |
| bog asphodel | Narthecium ossifragum | nartheciaceae |
| spotted orchids | Dactylorhiza fuchsii | orchidaceae |
| early marsh orchid | Dactylorhiza incarnata | orchidaceae |
| heath spotted orchid | Dactylorhiza maculata | orchidaceae |
| marsh helleborine | Epipactis palustris | orchidaceae |
| fragrant orchid | Gymnadenia conopsea | orchidaceae |
| lousewort | Pedicularis sylvatica | orobanchaceae |
| ribwort plantain | Plantago lanceolata | plantaginaceae |
| common milkwort | Polygala vulgaris | polygalaceae |
| common sorrel | Rumex acetosa | polygonaceae |
| bog pimpernel | Anagallis tenella | primulaceae |
| primrose | Primula vulgaris | primulaceae |
| meadow buttercup | Ranunculus acris | ranunculaceae |
| lesser spearwort | Ranunculus flammula | ranunculaceae |
| meadow sweet | Filipendula ulmaria | rosaceae |
| silverweed | Potentilla anserina | rosaceae |
| tormentil | Potentilla erecta | rosaceae |
| creeping cinquefoil | Potentilla reptans | rosaceae |
| bramble | Rubus fruticosus agg. | rosaceae |
| marsh bedstraw | Galium palustre | rubiaceae |
| fen bedstraw | Galium uliginosum | rubiaceae |
| lady's bedstraw | Galium verum | rubiaceae |
| marsh violet | Viola palustris | violaceae |
| grass | ||
| velvet bent | Agrostis canina | poaceae |
| creeping bent | Agrostis stolonifera | poaceae |
| sweet vernal grass | Anthoxanthum odoratum | poaceae |
| quaking grass | Briza media | poaceae |
| heath grass | Danthonia decumbens | poaceae |
| tufted hair grass | Deschampsia cespitosa | poaceae |
| red fescue | Festuca rubra | poaceae |
| Yorkshire fog | Holcus lanatus | poaceae |
| purple moor grass | Molinia caerulea | poaceae |
| common reed | Phragmites australis | poaceae |