Elio Della Ferrera / Child sucks on Juncus stem to quench thirst. Dinsho village, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

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.

Nick Upton / Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) foraging among Juncus rushes around the margin of a pond, Devon, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) foraging among Juncus rushes around the margin of a pond, Devon, England, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) on Common rush (Juncus species). Surrey, England, UK, September.

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

Nick Upton / Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) clinging to Juncus rush stem, Crete, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Long-nosed Grasshopper (Truxalis nasuta) well camouflaged among Juncus rush stems and sun-baked mud, Crete, Greece, May.

Nick Upton / Common blue damselflies (Enallagma cyathigerum) sunning on Juncus rushes emerging from a lake margin in sunset light, Wiltshire, UK, July.

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