Participant Info

Species

Eriophorum angustifolium [Eriophorum polystachion var. angustifolium] [Plumaria angustifolia] [Scirpus angustifolius]

Family

Cyperaceae

CommonName

tall cottongrass, common cottongrass, common cottonsedge, bog cotton

Presence

yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1943

LatestDate

2016

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Elwood, Music

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Bog cotton has been vouchered from the Watershed fairly often, from all mountain ranges except for the South Sawatch. The habitat is higher elevation marshes, bogs, fens, and very wet meadows. A good example is by the ponds to the east of Elwood pass (Rio Grande Co, 1996). In the USA, Eriophorum angustifolium grows across the top third of the nation and down the Rockies through New Mexico. It is a northern hemisphere species world wide. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico but not farther down stream into Texas.

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