[The Sedge Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Cotton-grasses of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Eriophorum

Many-spiked Cottongrass, Tall Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium (Synonyms: Eriophorum angustifolium var. coloratum, Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum, Eriophorum polystachion)

Many-spiked Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium - Note the many spikes and the several long bracts subtending the branches of the inflorescence.

Many-spiked Cottongrass, Tall Cottongrass: Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium (Synonyms: Eriophorum angustifolium var. coloratum, Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum, Eriophorum polystachion)

Chamisso's Cottongrass, Russet Cottongrass: Eriophorum chamissonis (Synonyms: Eriophorum altaicum, Eriophorum altaicum var. neogeum, Eriophorum chamissonis var. aquatile, Eriophorum rufescens, Eriophorum russeolum, Eriophorum russeolum ssp. rufescens, Eriophorum russeolum var. albidum, Eriophorum russeolum var. leucothrix, Eriophorum russeolum var. majus, Eriophorum russoleum)

Slender Cottongrass: Eriophorum gracile (Synonyms: Eriophorum gracile var. caurianum, Eriophorum gracile var. gracile)

Thinleaf Cottonsedge, Tassel Cottongrass: Eriophorum viridicarinatum (Synonyms: Eriophorum latifolilum, Eriophorum latifolium var. viridicarinatum)


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