Marsh plants
Marshy grassland is a term which encompasses a wide range of different communities in the National Park, all more-or-less associated with permanently wet soils that are relatively rich in nutrients. They tend to develop in wet hollows, on level areas with poor drainage and in wet zones adjacent to streams and they often merge with other wetland and grassland habitats.
Marshy grassland plant communities are dominated by a combination of rushes (for example. soft rush), sedges (for example, carnation sedge), wetland herbs and purple moor-grass. Their distinguishing feature is their abundance of wetland herbs. These herbs may include, cuckoo flower, white clover, marsh marigold, meadowsweet, common spotted-orchid, wild angelica, bog bean and grass-of-Parnassus.
To find out more about marsh plant species in the Yorkshire Dales please follow the links provided.
