slender cottongrass

Eriophorum gracile

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Eriophorum gracile is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is known by the common name slender cottonsedge, or slender cottongrass. Eriophorum gracile is a plant with circumboreal distribution, extending south into mountain ranges of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in wet areas such as bogs.

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  1. (c) Britt-Marie Sohlström, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/ylvas/2604200231/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriophorum_gracile

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