Eriophorum Cyperaceae Liliopsida Magnoliophyta

Cotton grasses. Generally distinguished from other Cyperaceae by monomorphic spirally-arranged flattened or roundish scales, achenes without tubercles, and abundant perianth bristles which greatly exceed the scales.

• Eriophorum latifolium - Several photographs of the Broad-leaved Bog-cotton and some identifying features.
• Detailed information on Eriophorum angustifolium - Basic background and cultivation information on this species, liliopsida also known as "narrow-leaved cotton grass."
• Eriophorum vaginatum - Ecological profile, technical description, bibliography and extensive information on the relation of fire to this species, also called "sheathed cottonsedge." From the US Forest Service Fire Effects Information System.
• Eriophorum angustifolium - Several photographs of the Common Bog-cotton and some identifying features.
• Eriophorum Cultivation - Basic horticultural information for this genus, also known eriophorum as "cotton cyperaceae grass."

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