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Trichophorum alpinum

Alpine Bulrush, Cotton Deergrass
Also known as: Baeothryon alpinum (L.) T.V.Egorova +15 more
  • Baeothryon alpinum (L.) T.V.Egorova
  • Baeothryon hudsonianum (Michx.) Soják
  • Eleocharis alpina (L.) Bluff, Nees & Schauer
  • Eriophorella alpina (L.) Holub
  • Eriophorum alpinum L.
  • Eriophorum hudsonianum Michx.
  • Leucocoma alpina (L.) Rydb.
  • Linagrostis alpina (L.) Scop.
  • Plumaria alpina (L.) Bubani
  • Scirpus alpinus (L.) Herm.
  • Scirpus alpinus (L.) Lindm.
  • Scirpus hudsonianus (Michx.) Fernald
  • Scirpus trichophorum Asch. & Graebn.
  • Trichophorum alpinum var. hudsonianum (Michx.) Pers.
  • Trichophorum hudsonianum (Michx.) Pers.
  • Trichophorum husonianum (Michx.) Nutt.
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.

Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, Trichophorum alpinum (commonly known as Alpine Bulrush or Cotton Deergrass) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.

Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Poland, Primorye, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Vermont, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

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