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PLANTS

Tall cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialYellow flowersavril to juillet
Tall cottongrass, In fruit
Tall cottongrass, In flower
Tall cottongrass, photo 3 of 5
61 cmHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 61 cm. Grows in marshes and near water. Yellow flowers, from April to July.

There are 323 observations of Tall cottongrass in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Chaudière-Appalaches, and it has been reported in 14 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord68
  2. Nord-du-Québec58
  3. Chaudière-Appalaches37
  4. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean37
  5. Abitibi-Témiscamingue26
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent22
  7. Capitale-Nationale21
  8. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine16
  9. Centre-du-Québec14
  10. Lanaudière6
  11. Laurentides5
  12. Mauricie5
  13. Estrie5
  14. Montérégie3

Habitat

ConifersMario Hains
MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Tussock cottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Tawny cottongrassEriophorum virginicum
White cottongrassEriophorum scheuchzeri
Thinleaf cottonsedgeEriophorum viridicarinatum
Slender cottonsedgeEriophorum gracile
Fewnerved cottongrassEriophorum tenellum
Chamisso's cottongrassEriophorum chamissonis
Creeping thistleCirsium arvense
Alpine bulrushTrichophorum alpinum
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