Wetland plant, vegetation, succession. Calthorpe Broad, NNR, Norfolk. Remaining open water, masked by expanding Reed (Phragmites sp. ) beds, sedges, r

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Wetland plant, vegetation, succession. Calthorpe Broad, NNR, Norfolk. Remaining open water, masked by expanding Reed (Phragmites sp. ) beds, sedges, rushes, with Alder (Alnus glutinosa), moving in from the left, and evolving carr woodland mixed with Downy Birch (Betula pubescens,) thriving on opposite bankside from wind dispersed seed. Calthorpe BroadNNR, Broadland, Norfolk, UK

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