This plant is very common round salt marshes, muddy seaside places and estuaries. The club shaped flowers on a sharply triangular stem, usually growing in large patches, are the things to look for. Until fairly recently it was known as Scirpus maritimus.
Red Rocks marsh, 28th June 2005
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Added on 13th October 2005