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§1 Plant — species · Cyperaceae

Eriophorum chamissonis C.A. Mey.

vernacular Chamisso's cottongrass


USDA
ERCH7
GBIF
2730259
Rank
species
Chamisso's cottongrass (Eriophorum chamissonis)
Platephotograph · Sean BlaneyCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Eriophorum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§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.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 3 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ERCH7 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2730259 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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