Common Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium

Common Cottongrass is a fluffy plant that grows in wet areas like marshes and bogs. Its soft, white tufts look like cotton and can sway gently in the breeze, making it a fun sight to see!

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Common Cottongrass has slender, grass-like green leaves. Its most striking feature is the pure white, fluffy, cotton-like tufts that appear in summer, making wet moorlands look like they're covered in snow.

ReinoPlantaeFiloTracheophytaClaseLiliopsidaOrdenPoalesFamiliaCyperaceaeGéneroEriophorum

Common Cottongrass

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

Peligro

1/5 · Muy bajo

Snaps

¡Sé la primera persona en hacer un snap!

Datos interesantes

Its fluffy tufts were once used by people to stuff pillows and make paper!

Reindeer and geese love to snack on the yummy stems of Cottongrass in spring!

This plant helps build up peat, a special soil made from super old plants!

You can even eat parts of this plant, like the young shoots and roots!

Habilidades especiales

Common Cottongrass can grow in super wet, boggy soils that most plants can't, thanks to its special roots!

Common Cottongrass has incredibly light, fluffy seeds that can float far away on the wind to find new homes.

Common Cottongrass has underground stems called rhizomes that help it spread out and form large colonies in wet areas.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 20-60 cm
Temporada de floración: Late spring to summer
Comestible: Sí
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Viento

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

Reindeer and caribou graze on its shoots.

eaten by

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Greylag geese feast on its tender stems.

eaten by

Norway Lemming

Lemmus lemmus

Lemmings forage on its leaves and stems.

Rasgos

Floración

Las plantas con flores son cualquier planta que produce flores como parte de su ciclo reproductivo.

Similar a la hierba

Las plantas similares a la hierba son plantas herbáceas que se asemejan visualmente a las verdaderas hierbas, típicamente con hojas largas y estrechas.

Colores otoñales

Los colores otoñales se refieren al cambio estacional en la pigmentación del follaje, principalmente en plantas de hoja caduca, mostrando tonos vibrantes.

Comestible

Las plantas comestibles son aquellas partes de una planta que se consideran seguras para el consumo humano.

Imán para polinizadores

Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.