Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) at dawn among Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium

Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Two pairs of Small spreadwings (Lestes virens) egg depositing in the soft rush in fen, Hondeven, east Holland, August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) flowers, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Common tree frog (Hyla arborea) on flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) Bulgaria, May 2008. WWE INDOOR EXHIBITION

Pal Hermansen / Emergent vegetation reflected in water. Norway. October.

Michael Hutchinson / Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) newly emerged adult hangs from flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) with two exuvia above garden pond, Bristol, UK, May.

Michael Hutchinson / Emperor dragonfly, (Anax imperator) newly emerged adult hangs from flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) with two exuvia above garden pond, Bristol, UK, May.

Linda Pitkin / Deergrass (Trichophorum germanicum) Thursley National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, August.

Linda Pitkin / Slender rush (Juncus tenuis) in flower, Thursley National Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, August.

Linda Pitkin / Round-fruited rush (Juncus compressus), a locally rare plant, Ham Common, Surrey, England, August.

Linda Pitkin / Bristle club-rush (Isolepis setacea), locally rare plant, Henley Park Range, Surrey, England, August.

Linda Pitkin / Bristle club-rush (Isolepis setacea), locally rare plant, Henley Park Range, Surrey, England, August.

Linda Pitkin / Flowering-rush (Butomus umbellatus), locally rare plant, Surrey, England, June.

Linda Pitkin / Flowering-rush (Butomus umbellatus), locally rare plantLangham Ponds SSSI, Surrey, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Flowering-rush (Butomus umbellatus), locally rare plantLangham Ponds SSSI, Runnymede, Surrey, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Sea club-rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus), locally rare plant,In foreground, with Bulrush, Reedmace (Typha latifolia) behind. Molesey Reservoirs Nature Reserve, Surrey, England, July.

Jean E. Roche / Spiny rush (Juncus acutus) in flooded marsh after heavy rains, Marais du Verdier, Sambuc, Camargue, France. November 2018.

Will Watson / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on Tubular water dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa) in rush pasture, Herefordshire, England, July.

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Trichophorum cespitosum) amongst Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix), heathland at dawn. Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium. June 2015.

Nigel Cattlin / Field woodrush (Luzula campestris) flower spike. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Heather Angel / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus), drops of nectar fluorescing in UV light. Surrey, England, UK. Focus stacked.

Heather Angel / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) with stamens and stigma, nectar globules at base of carpels. Surrey, England, UK. Focus stacked.

Kerstin Hinze / Jumping spider (Heliophanus dampfi), climbing up a rush (Juncus sp), Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany

Nick Upton / Field wood-rush (Luzula campestris) flowering in grassland, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rushes reflected in water at dawn, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rushes reflected in water at dawn, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of heather, bilberry, rushes and grasses on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August 2013.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of heather, bilberry and rush on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium September

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) growing between Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowers at dawn, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) growing between Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowers at dawn, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, June.

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Preiss' mat rush (Lomandra preissii) flowers, both purple and green flowered variants.

Nick Upton / White beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) clump flowering in a boggy pool, Stoborough Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / White beak-sedge (Rhynchospora alba) clump flowering in a boggy pool, Stoborough Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common Club-rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris) flowering in a small stream, Winfrith Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Ernie Janes / Five bar farm gate with Bird foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), Bramble (Rubus sp) and Horsetails (Equisetum) Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Willem Kolvoort / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) in flower, Naardermeer, Holland. August.

Lou Coetzer / African jacana (Actophilornis africana) chick running between water lily pads, Chobe River, Botswana, April.

Will Watson / Mesotrophic Pond, fringed with Soft Rush (Juncus effusus) near Rhayader, Powys, Wales, July 2013.

Will Watson / Glacial kettle hole pond with fringe of Common Spike-rush (Eleochatris palustris) Kenchester, Herefordshire, UK, July 2013.

Ernie Janes / Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) in flower, England, UK, August.

Adrian Davies / Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) County Meath, Ireland, July

Steve Nicholls / Field wood rush (Luzula campestris) flowering in meadowland, Gwent, Wales, UK, April

Ernie Janes / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) UK

MYN / Niall Benvie / Three stems of flowered rush (Butomus umbellatus) Scotland, UK meetyourneighbours.net project

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) flowers, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) flowers, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) in flower, Backwater of Latorica River, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, June 2009