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Narrowleaf Cotton-grass - Eriophorum angustifolium
Other Names:
Eriophorum polystachion
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
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SNR
C-value:
9
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General Description
Rhizomatous. Stems 15–50 cm. Leaves: flat; blades 2–5 mm wide. Inflorescence 2 to 8 nodding, pedunculate spikelets; bracts 2 or more, leaf-like as long as the inflorescence. Spikelets 1–2 cm long in fruit; lowest scale smaller than the spikelet. Fertile scales brown to greenish black with a pale midvein not reaching the tip, 5–10 mm long. Bristles white. Achene 2–5 mm long, minutely apiculate (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Range Comments
Circumboreal south to OR, UT and NM (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 49
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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