Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Harestail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) in flower, Flow Country, Forsinard, Caithness, Highland, Scotland, UK, May

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Child reaching for Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Westhay SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, June 2011 Model released

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / Bog wetlands with Suilven mountain in the background at dawn, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Bernard Castelein / Cotton Grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing in water. Goldenstater Moor, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Kevin Schafer / Four people lying on ground photographing Arctic / Scheuchzer's cotton grass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri) Edgeoya (Edge Island) Svalbard, Norway 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum) growing in wetland bog at sunset, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Sven Zacek / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) in sunlight on wetland, Estonia

Wild Wonders of Europe / Jensen / Cotton grass (Eriophorum sp) near coastal settlement, Saqqaq, Greenland, August 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Cotton grass (Eriophorum) growing in bog at sunset, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Bernard Castelein / Irish damselfly;(Coenagrion lunulatum) with dew droplets on wing, resting on Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Klein Schietveld Brasschaat, Belgium. May.

David Woodfall / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) in mist, feeding amongst Bog cotton (Eriophorum angustifolium) and Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi) in machair, North Uist, outer Hebrides, Scotland July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) flowering, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.