Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga) in habitat over cotton grass (Eriophorum) Finland, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum) growing in wetland bog at sunset, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Sven Zacek / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in sunlight on wetland, Estonia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) near coastal settlement, Saqqaq, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum) growing in bog at sunset, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Graham Eaton / Cottongrass (Eriophorum sp) flowering beside Riffelsee, Matterhorn reflected in lake. Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland. September 2019.

Ernie Janes / Ragged robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) and Cottongrass (Eriophorum sp) in alpine meadow, Langkofel mountains in background. Seiser Alm Dolomites plateau, South Tyrol, Italy. July 2019.

Sandra Bartocha / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) and Pine trees (Pinus sp) Store Mosse NP, Sweden, May.

Theo Bosboom / Sunrise at Hondeven with Cottongrass (Eriophorum sp) near Tubbergen, the Netherlands, June 2010

David Woodfall / Cotton grass flowering (Eriophorum sp) Gower, Wales, UK, June

David Woodfall / Cotton grass flowering (Eriophorum sp) The Gower, Wales, UK, June

David Woodfall / Cotton grass flowering (Eriophorum sp) Gower, Wales, UK, June

John Beatty / 2020VISION / Men planting Cotton grass (Eriphorum) seedlings into eroded peat, helping to regenerate the landscape, Kinder Scout NNR, Derbyshire, England, UK, July. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Erlend Haarberg / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) flowering in the Rhyolite mountains, Landmannalaugar, Iceland, August 2008

Roy Mangersnes / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in autumn colours covering Adventsdalen at sunset, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Roy Mangersnes / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in autumn colours covering Adventsdalen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Roy Mangersnes / Photographer Roy Mangersnes photographing Cottongrass (Eriophorum sp) in autumn colours, Adventsdalen, outside Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, August

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck in a meadow, with cotton grass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, August 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a meadow with cotton grass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, August 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Portrait of a male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a meadow with cottongrass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, August 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in meadow with cottongrass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in meadow with cottongrass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in meadow with cottongrass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in meadow with cottongrass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Male Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in meadow with cottongrass (Eriophorum sp), Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, June 2010

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Scenic view of moorland landscape at sunset with cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) flowering in foreground, Peak District NP, June 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Bog cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) reflected in water, Ballynahone Bog, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, June

Jeff Wilson / Cottongrass (Eriophorum callitrix) flowering, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, June 2008. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.

Paul Hobson / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) flowering in wetlands, UK, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Broad-leaved Cotton-grass (Eriophorum latifolium). Bieszczady, Carpathian Mountains, Poland, June.

Andrew Parkinson / Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) landing on Cotton grasses (Eriophorum) covered moorland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) in flight over open moorland with Cotton grasses (Eriophorum) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June. (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) territorial adult displaying to other Skuas passing overhead by stretching out its wings and calling, standing in in Cotton grass (Eriophorum) Shetland Islands, Scotland...

Andrew Parkinson / Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) territorial adult displaying to other Skuas passing overhead by stretching out its wings and calling, standing in Cotton grass (Eriophorum) Shetland Islands, Scotland, U...

Andrew Parkinson / Great skua (Stercorarius skua) chick resting in moorland Cotton grass (Eriophorum) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July. (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) profile portrait on open moorland in evening light, with Cotton grass (Eriophorum) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August (non-ex)

Sven Zacek / Sunset over boreal forest with dead trees standing and Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) iflowering in the foreground. Estonia

Sven Zacek / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) backlit in sunlight on wetland, Estonia

Sven Zacek / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in sunlight on wetland, Estonia

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Silky heads of Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) shedding their seeds. Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Sedges (Carex sp), Willow (Salix genus) and Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) on summer tundra. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) on the tundra near Lake Hazen. Ellesmere Island, Canada, 1994.

Michel Poinsignon / Yellow iris {Iris pseudacorus} and Cotton grass {Eriophorum sp} Lorraine, France

Michel Poinsignon / Cotton grass {Eriophorum linaigrette} and Bistort {Polygonum bistorta} flowers, Lorraine, France

Michel Poinsignon / Cotton grass {Eriophorum linaigrette} Lorraine, France

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) growing in a bog, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic landscape with Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) on the way to Landmannalaugar, south Iceland, July 2008

Inaki Relanzon / Volcanic landscape with Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) on the way to Landmannalaugar, south Iceland, July 2008