common cottongrass
common cottonsedge
eriophorum angustifolium latin

Rare species of plants such as Common Cottongrass, Mountain Strawberry, and Crowberry grow in the area.

Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium)

The remaining areas of bog are dominated by common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's-tail cottongrass E. vaginatum.

Common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), a plant with fluffy white plumes native to wet hollows on high moors, was announced as the County Flower of Greater Manchester.

The aquatic plant communities at the site are typified by Common Spike-rush, Common Cottongrass, Water Mint and Marsh Pennywort.

The site is known for its flora and fauna such as Hare's-tail Cottongrass, Common Cottongrass and Green Hairstreak butterfly.

Two constant species, Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) and Hare's-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), are found in this community.

Common Cottongrass is a familiar site on marshy land, but Saltmarsh Sedge (Carex salina) was only discovered for the first time in 2004 at the head of Loch Duich.

Locally scarce (Gloucestershire) species occur such as Bogbean, Common Cottongrass, Marsh Arrowgrass, Southern Marsh Orchid, Star Sedge and other particular sedges.

A zone of acidic bog vegetation consisting of: Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea, Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, Sedges Carex spp.

Unusual plants for the area include Common Sundew Drosera rotundifolia, White Sedge Carex curta, Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus.

The nature reserve is the home of several special plants like Common Cottongrass and Drosera and endangered animals like the viviparous lizard, Grass Snake, Short-eared Owl and European Nightjar can be found in this reserve.

Eriophorum angustifolium, commonly known as common cottongrass or common cottonsedge, is a species of sedge in the plant genus Eriophorum of the family Cyperaceae.

Eriophorum angustifolium is frequent in this sub-community.

Eriophorum angustifolium is "generally pest free".

Polygala serpyllifolia, Narthecium and Eriophorum angustifolium are preferential in this community.

The majority of the site is sedge fen, in which common cotton-grass, Eriophorum angustifolium, is the dominant species.

Eriophorum angustifolium differs from other species within the genus Eriophorum in its habitat and morphology.

Eriophorum angustifolium flowers in spring or early summer, in or around May, displaying groups of 3-5 brown flowers.

Eriophorum angustifolium bog pools (Lewis, S. Harris).

Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium)

In the wild, Eriophorum angustifolium is a creeping rhizomatous perennial sedge, with an abundance of unbranched, translucent pink roots.

The species was named Eriophorum angustifolium in 1782 by the German botanist Gerhard August Honckeny.

The remaining areas of bog are dominated by common cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and hare's-tail cottongrass E. vaginatum.

Sedge plants include Eriophorum angustifolium and Carex species, while the dominant shrubs are ericas such as crowberry (Empetrum nigrum).

Eriophorum angustifolium, commonly known as common cottongrass or common cottonsedge, is a species of sedge in the plant genus Eriophorum of the family Cyperaceae.

The constant species are Eriophorum angustifolium, Menyanthes trifoliata, Sphagnum auriculatum and S. cuspidatum, while S. recurvum is rare.

Common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), a plant with fluffy white plumes native to wet hollows on high moors, was announced as the County Flower of Greater Manchester.

Eriophorum angustifolium is a hardy, herbaceous, rhizomatous, perennial sedge, able to endure in a variety of environments in the temperate, subarctic and arctic regions of Earth.

NVC community M3 (Eriophorum angustifolium bog pool community) is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

The larvae feed on Carex flacca, Carex panicea, Carex nigra, Eleocharis palustris and Eriophorum angustifolium.

Eriophorum angustifolium has a NatureServe conservation status of G5, meaning that the species is considered to be ecologically secure by NatureServe, lacking any threats to its global abundance.

Eriophorum angustifolium seeds and stems are edible and are used in traditional Native American cuisine by Alaska Natives, Inuit and Inupiat people.

Two constant species, Common Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) and Hare's-tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), are found in this community.

Although "difficult to grow under cultivation", The Royal Horticultural Society states Eriophorum angustifolium can be cultivated as a low-maintenance wildflower, suitable for meadows, ponds margins or bog gardens.

Other species of note associated with the wet flushes include Bog Asphodel Narthecium ossifragum, the cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and Pale Butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica.

A zone of acidic bog vegetation consisting of: Purple Moor-grass Molinia caerulea, Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium, Sedges Carex spp.

Unusual plants for the area include Common Sundew Drosera rotundifolia, White Sedge Carex curta, Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium and Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus.