Species Cards

Yellow Flag

Iris pseudacorus

Group:

Plant, Herb

Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus). William Milliken

© William Milliken

Yellow flag (Iris pseudacorus)

Food chain :

Producer

What it eats :

Makes its own food from carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight energy.

Eaten by:

Slugs, snails, pond snails. Bees visit the flowers for nectar.

Habitat:

PondPond

Description:

Yellow flag grows on the edges of ponds and streams. Long sword-like leaves and bright yellow flowers.


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