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Cotton grasses. Generally distinguished from other Cyperaceae by monomorphic spirally-arranged flattened or roundish scales, achenes without tubercles, and abundant perianth bristles which greatly exceed the scales.

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Eriophorum vaginatum - Several photographs of Harestail Bog-cotton and a description. Eriophorum latifolium - Several photographs of the Broad-leaved Bog-cotton and some identifying features. Eriophorum angustifolium - Several photographs of the Common Bog-cotton and some identifying features. Eriophorum vaginatum - Ecological profile, technical description, bibliography and extensive information on the relation of fire to this species, also called "sheathed cottonsedge." From the US Forest Service Fire Effects Information System. Detailed information on Eriophorum angustifolium - Basic background and cultivation information on this species, also known as "narrow-leaved cotton grass."

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