Common Cottongrass

Common Cottongrass

Taxobox
name = Common Cottongrass


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Cyperaceae
genus = "Eriophorum"
species = "E. angustifolium"
binomial = "Eriophorum angustifolium"
binomial_authority = Honck.

Common cottongrass ("Eriophorum angustifolium" Honck., syn. "E. polystachion" L.) is a plant from the sedge (Cyperaceae) family, so even though it looks like a form of grass, technically it is not. It grows in acidic wetlands and peat bogs all over northern parts of Europe, Asia and North America. The flowering stem is 20-70 cm tall, and has three to five cotton-like inflorescences hanging from the top. It is also sometimes referred to as multi-headed bog cotton.

The presence of cottongrass is a useful indicator to hikers of potentially dangerous deep peat bogs to be avoided.

External links

* [http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T50120.HTM More images of common cottongrass]

References

* Bo Nylén. Nordens Flora (second edition). Prisma. Stockholm. År 2000. ISBN 91-518-3821-4 (kart), ISBN 91-518-3823-0 (htf)


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