OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eriophorum virginicum   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriophorum virginicum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-09-001:

Eriophorum virginicum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eriophorum virginicum

 

COMMON NAME:
Tawny Cottongrass, Tawny Cottonsedge, Cat's-paw


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ervi8_001_lvd

        

image of Eriophorum virginicum, Tawny Cottongrass, Tawny Cottonsedge, Cat's-paw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ervi8_005_lvd

        

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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy    llg_cottongrass

Month Unknown    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

This northern bog sedge can be found in WV's Cranberry Glades and Dolly Sods, per Alpine South: Plants and Plant Communities of the High Elevations of the Southern Appalachians (Gaddy, 2014).

image of Eriophorum virginicum, Tawny Cottongrass, Tawny Cottonsedge, Cat's-paw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdme_virginicum

Month Unknown        

Leaf blades glabrous, 2-4mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eriophorum virginicum, Tawny Cottongrass, Tawny Cottonsedge, Cat's-paw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmevirginicum_bd1

Month Unknown        

Involucral bracts usually 3, similar to leaf blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eriophorum virginicum, Tawny Cottongrass, Tawny Cottonsedge, Cat's-paw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmevirginicum_bullpen2

Month Unknown        

Produces many long, soft, cotton-like bristles when in fruit, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eriophorum virginicum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriophorum virginicum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-09-001:
Eriophorum virginicum   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriophorum virginicum

 

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2438

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Peaty sites, limited in habitat throughout the region, occurring in the Mountains in bogs and fens, in the Piedmont (formerly) in bogs, in the fall-line sandhills in frequently burned pocosins and sandhill seeps, in the middle and outer Coastal Plain in pocosins, acidic seeps, and peat-burn pools, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet

 

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