Eriophorum tenellum

Eriophorum tenellum

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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

Eriophorum tenellum is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae.[3]

Description

Eriophorum tenellum is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by means of underground rhizomes.[4]

Taxonomy

Eriophorum tenellum was first described by the English botanist and zoologist Thomas Nuttall in 1818.[2]

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.[3][5] In the U.S., it is most common in New England and the upper Great Lakes region.[6]

Eriophorum tenellum is an obligate wetland (OBL) species.[7] In New England, it prefers bogs, fens, and meadows.[8][9]

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.[10] For example, fruiting occurs during July and August in Minnesota.[11]

References

  1. ^ NatureServe (1 November 2024). "Eriophorum tenellum". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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