Eriophorum angustifolium
Common Cotton Grass, Common Cottongrass
Other regional names: Common Cottonsedge
- Common Cottonsedge
Also known as: Eriophorum angustifolium f. cracoviense (Zapal.) Soó +10 more
- Eriophorum angustifolium f. cracoviense (Zapal.) Soó
- Eriophorum angustifolium f. dolichophyllum (Zapal.) Soó
- Eriophorum angustifolium Roth, 1802
- Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. alpinum (Gaudin) Rothm.
- Eriophorum angustifolium var. angustifolium
- Eriophorum angustifolium var. triquetrum Hartm.
- Eriophorum angustifolium var. vaillantii Duby, 1828
- Eriophorum polystachion f. angustifolium (Honck.) Regel
- Eriophorum polystachion var. angustifolium (Honck.) A.Gray
- Plumaria angustifolia (Honck.) Bubani
- Scirpus angustifolius (Honck.) T.Koyama
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Eriophorum angustifolium (commonly known as Common Cotton-grass) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
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