Directory of Eriophorum Resources

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Cotton grasses. Generally distinguished from other Cyperaceae by monomorphic spirally-arranged flattened or roundish scales, achenes without tubercles, and abundant perianth bristles which greatly exceed the scales.

Resources in This Category

• Detailed information on Eriophorum angustifolium

  http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1577.html
  Basic background and cultivation information on this species, also known as "narrow-leaved cotton grass."

• Eriophorum angustifolium

  http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/cyperaceae/eriophorum-angustifolium.htm
  Several photographs of the Common Bog-cotton and some identifying features.

• Eriophorum latifolium

  http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/cyperaceae/eriophorum-latifolium.htm
  Several photographs of the Broad-leaved Bog-cotton and some identifying features.

• Eriophorum vaginatum

  http://www.plant-identification.co.uk/skye/cyperaceae/eriophorum-vaginatum.html
  Several photographs of Harestail Bog-cotton and a description.

• Eriophorum vaginatum

  http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/erivag/all.html
  Ecological profile, technical description, bibliography and extensive information on the relation of fire to this species, also called "sheathed cottonsedge." From the US Forest Service Fire Effects Information System.

 

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