Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Two pairs of Small spreadwings (Lestes virens) egg depositing in the soft rush in fen, Hondeven, east Holland, August

Nigel Cattlin / Field woodrush (Luzula campestris) flower spike. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Kerstin Hinze / Jumping spider (Heliophanus dampfi), climbing up a rush (Juncus sp), Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany

Nick Upton / Field wood-rush (Luzula campestris) flowering in grassland, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rushes reflected in water at dawn, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rushes reflected in water at dawn, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of heather, bilberry, rushes and grasses on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August 2013.

Will Watson / Mesotrophic Pond, fringed with Soft Rush (Juncus effusus) near Rhayader, Powys, Wales, July 2013.

Colin Monteath / Distichia (Distichia muscoides) cushion plant in dried out swamp area under Carnicero peak, Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes, Peru

Steve Nicholls / Field wood rush (Luzula campestris) flowering in meadowland, Gwent, Wales, UK, April

Nick Upton / Thermal river, fed with boiling water from hot springs, with colourful growths and scummy crusts of blue-green algae, and clumps of Juncus rushes growing at the margins. Polychnitos, Lesbos / Lesvos,...

Nick Upton / Thermal river, fed with boiling water from hot springs, with colourful growths and scummy crusts of blue-green algae, and clumps of Juncus rushes growing at the margins, Polychnitos, Lesbos / Lesvos,...