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We burned this fen in February for the 1st time in memory. The footprint of flowering Parnassia glauca (grass-of-Parnassus) extends farther away from the marl/gravel flats into the sedges this year, and Rhychospora alba (white beak-rush) is blooming, which I have never detected on previous visits.

There are several springs like this in the fen, but the most voluminous everge from cobbles, the water having pushed out all of the sand and small pebbles.