Eriophorum tenellum explained

Eriophorum tenellum is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae.

Description

Eriophorum tenellum is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by means of underground rhizomes.

Taxonomy

Eriophorum tenellum was first described by the English botanist and zoologist Thomas Nuttall in 1818.

Distribution and habitat

Eriophorum tenellum is native to eastern North America, from Nunavut in Canada to Pennsylvania in the United States (U.S.), ranging as far west as Minnesota. In the U.S., it is most common in New England and the upper Great Lakes region.

Eriophorum tenellum is an obligate wetland (OBL) species. In New England, it prefers bogs, fens, and meadows.

Ecology

Eriophorum tenellum is a perennial flowering plant that flowers in June. After the flowers are pollinated, cotton-like fruiting heads develop during the summer. For example, fruiting occurs during July and August in Minnesota.

Bibliography

• Book: Gilman . Arthur V. . New Flora of Vermont . 2015 . Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden, Volume 110 . The New York Botanical Garden Press . Bronx, New York, USA . 978-0-89327-516-7.
• Book: Gledhill . David . The Names of Plants . 2008 . 4th . Cambridge University Press . 978-0-521-86645-3.
• Book: Haines . Arthur . Illustrated by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Gordon Morrison . New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae: A Manual for the Identification of Native and Naturalized Higher Vascular Plants of New England . 2011 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-17154-9.

External links

• Web site: Eriophorum tenellum . Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . The University of Texas at Austin . 6 July 2024.
• Web site: Weakley . Alan S. . Southeastern Flora Team . Eriophorum tenellum . Flora of the southeastern United States . University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden . 2024 . 10 July 2024.
• Web site: Rough Cotton-grass Eriophorum tenellum . Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program . 10 July 2024.
• Web site: Hays . Michael . Conservation Assessment for Rough cotton-grass (Eriophorum tenellum) . USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region . 10 July 2024 . September 2001.