[Bulrushes and Tules: The Genus Scirpus in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass

Scirpus cyperinus

Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus

Inflorescence of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus)

A close-up of the inflorescence of brown woolly sedge as seen along the shoreline at Mirror Lake in Rooster Rock State Park in the western Columbia River Gorge.........August 19, 2009.

Spikes of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus) -- Leaf sheath of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus)

Habitat of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus)

Close-ups of the floral spikes, leaf sheath and habitat of brown woolly sedge as seen along the shoreline at Mirror Lake in Rooster Rock State Park in the western Columbia River Gorge..........August 19, 2009. A mass of Scirpus validus can be seen in the distance in slightly deeper water.

Inflorescence of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus) -- Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus)

Close-ups of the inflorescence of brown woolly sedge as seen along the shoreline at Mirror Lake in Rooster Rock State Park in the western Columbia River Gorge..........August 19, 2009.

Close-up of the inflorescence of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus) - Close-up of the inflorescence of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus)

Close-up of the inflorescence of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus) - Close-up of the budding inflorescence of Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus) - Brown Woolly Sedge, Cottongrass Bulrush, Woolgrass, Wool Grass: Scirpus cyperinus (Synonyms: Eriophorum cyperinum, Scirpus atrocinctus, Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii, Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus, Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius, Scirpus pedicellatus, Scirpus rubricosus)

Additional close-up images of brown woolly sedge beginning to bloom along the shoreline at Mirror Lake in Rooster Rock State Park, western Columbia River Gorge.........October 8, 2012.
Paul Slichter