Vegetation Poor fen

the marsh cinquefoil (potentilla palustris)

in north-western europe, characteristic plant species of poor fen communities include common sedge (carex nigra), carnation sedge (carex panicea), star sedge (carex echinata), white beak-sedge (rhynchospora alba) , many other small sedges, other plants such jointed rush (juncus articulatus), marsh cinquefoil (potentilla palustris), bog-bean (menyanthes trifoliata), bog pimpernel (anagallis tenella), lesser skullcap (scutellaria minor) , marsh valerian (valeriana dioica). sphagnum mosses occur, not dominant in bog vegetation. there may grasses, these inconspicuous amongst sedges , rushes.