Labels:text | butterfly | moths and butterflies | insect | invertebrate OCR: Sedge Fields SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY Meadow Sweet Sedge has been cut at Wicken for over 500 years. It has a number of uses such as for thatching material and as floor coverings. The sedge fields are important because they Milk Parsley support a wide variety of plants. The action of cutting over the years has actually encouraged this variety. An important plant is the milk parsley which provides food for the caterpillars of the rare swallowtail butterfly. Other plants include comfrey, meadowsweet and marsh thistles. Where the sedge has been left uncut, it provides a winter roosting habitat for the hen harrier. Comfrey K>
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