PLANTS Profile for Eriophorum angustifolium (tall cottongrass)

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Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
tall cottongrass

Symbol:

ERAN6

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

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Distribution:
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
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)

Related Taxa:
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

View 36 genera in Cyperaceae, 19 species in Eriophorum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
tall cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. triste
tall cottongrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

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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 angustifolium Honck. – tall cottongrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are 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.

Indiana:
narrow-leaved cotton-grass		Rare
New Hampshire:
narrow-leaved cotton-grass		Endangered
New York:
Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum [=ERANA3]
narrow-leaf cottongrass		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Eriophorum polystachion [=ERANA3]:

Nat. Ind.

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OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 40080.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 09:31 AM MDT