Index / Search / Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum
§1 Plant
Eriophorum vaginatum L. var. spissum (Fernald) B. Boivin
vernacular tussock cottongrass — variety · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eriophorum
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 187 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 187 counties across 12 states/territories.
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Missaukee 26113
- Montcalm 26117
- Oakland 26125
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Beltrami 27007
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Rensselaer 36083
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Wyoming 36121
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Chippewa 55017
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Rusk 55107
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ERVAS ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2730185 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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