Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family)
Genus: Eriophorum (Cottongrass)
Eriophorum vaginatum L. - Hare's-Tail Cottongrass
Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe - Scheuchzer's Cottongrass
Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. - Common Cottongrass
Eriophorum gracile Roth - Slender Cottongrass
Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe - Broad-Leaved Cottongrass
10–40 cm tall, <ba><b>turf-forming</b></ba>. <span class="v1">inflorescence:</span> <b>several spikes arranged in a simple, occasionally capitate anthela</b>. <span class="v1">spikelet-stalks:</span> <ba><b>rough</b></ba>. <span class="v1">spikelets:</spa...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, bogs, sedge-lands
in nutrient-poor, moist to wet, periodically flooded habitats