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|  USA (CO, MT, UT, WY) Map for Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh. (*) |
whitebristle cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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| ![Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh. var. altaicum Meinsh. [excluded]](http://luirig.altervista.org/gifnamt/AA/AAAA.gif) - Map for Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh. var. altaicum Meinsh. [excluded] (*) |
whitebristle cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (CO, MT, UT, WY) Map for Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh. var. neogaeum Raymond (*) |
whitebristle cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NY, OR, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. (*) |
tall cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. ssp. scabriusculum Hultén = Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. ssp. subarcticum (Vassiljev) Hultén ex Kartesz & Gandhi = Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. var. coloratum Hultén = Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. var. giganteum Hultén = Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. var. majus F.W. Schultz = Eriophorum polystachion L. p.p. |
|  USA (AK, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NY, OR, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. ssp. angustifolium (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum triste (Th. Fr.) Hadac & A. Löve |
|  USA (AK), CAN (LB, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT), DEN (GL) Map for Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. ssp. triste (Th. Fr.) Hultén (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT) Map for Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A. Mey. (*) |
northland cottonsedge | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum opacum (Björnstr.) Fernald |
|  USA (AK), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT) Map for Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A. Mey. var. brachyantherum (*) |
northland cottonsedge | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, MT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL) Map for Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey. (*) |
arctic cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, MT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL) Map for Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey. var. callitrix (*) |
arctic cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey. var. pallidus Hultén |
|  USA (AK), CAN (LB, MB) Map for Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. Mey. var. moravium Raymond (*) |
arctic cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum chamissonis C.A. Mey. var. aquatile (Norman) Fernald = Eriophorum russeolum Fr. ex Hartm. ssp. rufescens (E.S. Anderson) Hyl., nom. inq. |
|  USA (AK, CO, ID, MN, MT, ND, OR, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (BC) Map for Eriophorum chamissonis C.A. Mey. (*) |
Chamisso's cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Scirpus criniger A. Gray |
|  USA (CA, OR) Map for Eriophorum crinigerum (A. Gray) Beetle (*) |
fringed cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch (*) |
slender cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (CA, OR) Map for Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch var. caurianum Fernald (*) |
slender cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch var. gracile (*) |
slender cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, MN), CAN (AB, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum russeolum Fr. ex Hartm. (*) |
red cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum chamissonis C.A. Mey. var. albidum (F. Nyl.) Fernald |
|  USA (AK, MN) Map for Eriophorum russeolum Fr. ex Hartm. var. albidum F. Nyl. (*) |
red cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK), CAN (AB, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum russeolum Fr. ex Hartm. var. majus Sommier (*) |
red cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum russeolum Fr. ex Hartm. var. russeolum (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe ssp. arcticum Novoselova = Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe ssp. scheuchzeri = Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe var. tenuifolium Ohwi |
|  USA (AK, MT, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL) Map for Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe (*) |
white cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. var. monticola Fernald |
|  USA (CT, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. (*) |
fewnerved cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, CT, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum vaginatum L. (*) |
tussock cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum spissum Fernald = Eriophorum spissum Fernald var. erubescens (Fernald) Fernald = Eriophorum vaginatum L. ssp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén |
|  USA (AK, CT, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum vaginatum L. var. spissum (Fernald) B. Boivin (*) |
tussock cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, MT), CAN (AB, BC, NT, NU, SK, YT) Map for Eriophorum vaginatum L. var. vaginatum (*) |
tussock cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum virginicum L. (*) |
tawny cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum viridicarinatum (Engelm.) Fernald (*) |
thinleaf cottonsedge | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK) Map for Eriophorum ×beringianum Raymond (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK) Map for Eriophorum ×churchillianum Lepage (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  CAN (LB, NF, QC) Map for Eriophorum ×medium Andersson (*) |
intermediate cottongrass | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  CAN (QC) Map for Eriophorum ×medium Andersson ssp. album J. Cay. (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum ×gauthieri B. Boivin |
|  CAN (LB, NF, QC) Map for Eriophorum ×medium Andersson ssp. medium (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK), CAN (ON) Map for Eriophorum ×porsildii Raymond (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
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|  USA (AK), CAN (LB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM) Map for Eriophorum ×pylaieanum Raymond (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
| = Eriophorum ×sorensenii Raymond |
|  USA (AK) Map for Eriophorum ×rousseauanum Raymond (*) | | Graminoid | Perennial |
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov,
28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490
USA.
PICTURES Eriophorum alpinum Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum angustifolium Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. - Not copyrighted image |
 Eriophorum angustifolium USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 325. |
 Eriophorum angustifolium Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum angustifolium Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum brachyantherum var. brachyantherum USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 324. |
 Eriophorum callitrix USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 324. |
 Eriophorum chamissonis USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 323. |
 Eriophorum gracile Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. - Not copyrighted image |
 Eriophorum gracile USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 324. |
 Eriophorum gracile Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired. |
 Eriophorum latifolium Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired. |
 Eriophorum latifolium Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum latifolium Credit: Photo by Giuliano Salvai |
 Eriophorum latifolium Credit: Photo by Giuliano Salvai |
 Eriophorum latifolium Credit: Photo by Giuliano Salvai |
 Eriophorum latifolium Credit: Photo by Giuliano Salvai |
 Eriophorum latifolium Credit: Photo by Marinella Zepigi |
 Eriophorum polystachion Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image |
 Eriophorum polystachion USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 325. |
 Eriophorum polystachion Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum polystachion Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum polystachion Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum scheuchzeri Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. - Not copyrighted image |
 Eriophorum scheuchzeri USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 323. |
 Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired. |
 Eriophorum tenellum USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 325. |
 Eriophorum vaginatum Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image |
 Eriophorum vaginatum Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired. |
 Eriophorum vaginatum Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum vaginatum Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License". |
 Eriophorum virginicum Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. - Not copyrighted image |
 Eriophorum virginicum USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 326. |
 Eriophorum viridicarinatum USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 325. |
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