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Water  mint: provides a good source of nectar and pollen for flies and bees Horsetail: a fern not a flower and one of the most primitive of plants Marsh cinqfoil: a beautiful flower of more acid marshes Purple loosestrife: a marsh plant of late summer Great willow herb: grows readily in marshes Flowering rush: these delicate flowers warrant close inspection