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Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.
fewnerved cottongrass

       
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Line Drawing of Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 325. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

  ERTEM Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. var. monticola Fernald
 

Distribution:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

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Distribution Map Legend

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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)
 

Related Taxa:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 19 species in Eriophorum
 

Classification:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus Eriophorum L. – cottongrass
Species Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. – fewnerved cottongrass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
rough cotton-grass              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
rough cotton-grass              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40103.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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