common marsh bedstraw
galium palustre latin

Galium palustre (N)

Common Marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre)

The constant species are Carex rostrata, Potentilla palustris, Galium palustre, and Menyanthes trifoliata.

Two constant species are found in this community, Grey Willow (Salix cinerea) and Common Marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre).

The larva feed on Asperula and Galium species (including Galium palustre and Galium uliginosum).

In Britain it is part of the British NVC Community M23 (Juncus effusus/acutiflorus - Galium palustre rush-pasture)

NVC community M23 (Juncus effusus/acutiflorus - Galium palustre rush-pasture)is one of the 38 mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

Part of Marston Lake, the largest of the three permanent lakes, is fringed with tall fen vegetation, characterised by Bulrush, Typha latifolia, Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria, and Common Marsh-bedstraw, Galium palustre.