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

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) growing on Garbh Eilean with the Isle of Lewis behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) at dawn among Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium

Adrian Davies / Lesser pond sedge (Carex acutiformis) releasing pollen.

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Orsolya Haarberg / Flowering cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) in a wetland area with midnight sun. Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.

Bernard Castelein / Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Eric Baccega / Grizzly bear cub (Ursus arctos horribilis) resting in the sedges, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Eric Baccega,Eric Baccega / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) standing up in alert and looking around, while feeding on sedge, Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga) in habitat over cotton grass (Eriophorum) Finland, June

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

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