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Species of flowering plant

Eriophorum tenellum
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eriophorum
Species: E. tenellum
Binomial name
Eriophorum tenellum
Nutt.

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.

References

  1. NatureServe (1 November 2024). "Eriophorum tenellum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. Gilman (2015), pp. 134–135.
  5. "Eriophorum tenellum". State-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. "Eriophorum tenellum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. "Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.". National Wetland Plant List. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. Haines (2011), pp. 161–162.
  9. "Eriophorum tenellum — few-nerved cottonsedge". Go Botany. Native Plant Trust. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  10. Ball, Peter W.; Wujek, Daniel E. (2002). "Eriophorum tenellum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 23. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 July 2024 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  11. "Eriophorum tenellum (Few-nerved Cottongrass)". Minnesota Wildflowers. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

Bibliography

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

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