Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
(Common Cottongrass)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
GenusEriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass) :
1: Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
9 Jun 2003 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
in damp dune slack
Image 1: Plant - in situImage 2: Plants - in situImage 3: Glume - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Seed with pappus - enlarged - black backgroundImage 5: Seed with pappus - magnified - white background
2: Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
18 Jun 1978 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Inflorescence
3: Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
6 Jun 1970 OSGR: TG12 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: PlantImage 2: Plants

Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass)
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