PLANTS Profile for Eriophorum gracile (slender cottongrass)

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Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch
slender cottongrass

Symbol:

ERGR8

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch

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Distribution:
Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch


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USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch

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

Distribution of Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch var. caurianum Fernald. . Image Available.

Eriophorum gracile var. caurianum
slender cottongrass

Distribution of Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch var. gracile. .

Eriophorum gracile var. gracile
slender cottongrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch

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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 gracile W.D.J. Koch – slender cottongrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch

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.

Indiana:
slender cotton-grass		Threatened
Iowa:
slender cottongrass		Threatened
Massachusetts:
slender cottongrass		Threatened
New Jersey:
slender cotton-grass		Endangered
Ohio:
slender cottongrass		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
slender cotton-grass		Endangered
Rhode Island:
slender cotton-grass		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch

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 40096.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

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

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:09 PM CST