Eriophorum vaginatum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Photographer: Josh Sulman

	Botanical Illustration	Botanical Illustration	Andrew Hipp	Robert R. Kowal	Robert R. Kowal
	Robert W. Freckmann	Flora.cyberia	Josh Sulman	Josh Sulman	Josh Sulman

Family Cyperaceae
Eriophorum vaginatum L.
tussock cotton-grass
Eriophorum: Greek erion for "wool" and phoros for "bearing"
vaginatum: with a sheath

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial sedge
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Eriophorum callitrix auct. non Cham.
Eriophorum spissum Fernald
Eriophorum spissum Fernald var. erubescens (Fernald) Fernald
Eriophorum vaginatum L. subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén
Eriophorum vaginatum L. var. spissum (Fernald) B.Boivin

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