hare's-tail cottongrass
tussock cottongrass
sheathed cottonsedge
eriophorum vaginatum latin

Sheathed Cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum)

Eriophorum vaginatum L. (hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, sheathed cottonsedge) is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to bogs and other acidic wetlands throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.

The larvae feed on Carex riparia and Eriophorum vaginatum.

Scirpus cespitosus - Eriophorum vaginatum blanket mire (Lewis and Harris).

There are also Rosera intermedia, Eriophorum vaginatum, Gentiana pneumonanthe and several orchid species.

Slightly to the south is a megalithic monument, Castle Bloody, in the vicinity of which a rare cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum has been identified.

Sheathed Cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum)

Hare's-tail Cottongrass - (Eriophorum vaginatum)

Watasuge (Eriophorum Vaginatum, Hare's tail cotton grass)

The species live in bogs, marshes,fen and meadows, on the heads of plants like Eriophorum vaginatum (cotton grass) or similar, on which they occasionally spin their cocoons.

The predominant vegetation is blanket mire, in which heather, Calluna vulgaris, and hare's-tail cottongrass, Eriophorum vaginatum, are co-dominant.

The constant species are Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, Molinia caerulea, Scirpus cespitosus and Eriophorum vaginatum.

Typical grasses are the sheathed cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), known for its bright, white clusters of fruit and deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), which is rust-red in the autumn.

NVC community M20 (Eriophorum vaginatum raised and blanket mire) is one of the mire communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.

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

The drier areas are heathland, with heather, Calluna vulgaris, hare's-tail cottongrass, Eriophorum vaginatum, cross-leaved heath, Erica tetralix, and common sedge, Carex nigra.

Much of the high bog possesses vegetation typical of an Irish Midland raised bog, with such species as Ling Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Hare's tail Cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).

Eriophorum vaginatum L. (hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, sheathed cottonsedge) is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to bogs and other acidic wetlands throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.

The main vegetation is the scrubby cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), stiff sedge (Carex bigelowii) and shrubs such as Betula nana, Empetrum nigrum, Rhododendron subarcticum, and the berry Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

The site mainly consists of mire vegetation, of two distinct varieties, one characterised by an abundance of bog mosses, Sphagnum spp, the other dominated by soft rush, Juncus effusus, and hare's-tail cottongrass, Eriophorum vaginatum.

The larvae feed on Carex elata, Carex ericetorum, Carex ferruginea, Carex sylvatica, Carex vesicaria, Eriophorum angustifolium, Eriophorum latifolium, Eriophorum vaginatum and Scirpus sylvaticus.