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Cotton grass

Eriophorum angustifolium

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Cotton grass is a plant that grows near wetland areas during the late spring. It has a distinct look, with a tuft of white fluff at the top of it. Cotton grass is not actually a type of grass, but rather a plant since it has hairs that serve as petals.

Habitat:

Loch Garten, Scotland.

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Comments (3)

Thanks! it was indeed a very pretty landscape with all this cottongrass :-)
What an inviting landscape! And an interesting plant, too.
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PublishedAugust 7, 2013

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