It is composed mainly of wetland vegetation: principally bog plants including mosses, sedges and shrubs.
Echinodorus are by nature marsh and bog plants that can grow submersed.
The reserve is considered to have one of the best collections of wet heathland and bog plants in the county.
Galton states that after draining the land, the native bog plants were soon replaced by ferns.
But they come back to study precisely how alpines, roses, camellias, wall-climbers of every kind, bog plants and perennials should be grown.
Characteristic bog plants include sphagnum mosses, cotton grass and cross-leaved heath.
This is essentially a bog plant, but it adapts satisfactorily to a submerged condition in a tank.
Being essentially a bog plant, it requires a muddy bottom, or one which is rich in organic matter.
Peat grows continually through the assimilation of bog plants and the production of forest litter.
The board walk was designed to allow up to 37% of natural sunlight to fall through, allowing delicate bog plants to continue to grow under the walkway.