Many-spiked Bog Cotton, Many-spiked Cottongrass, Narrow-leaved Cottongrass
Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. angustifolium
Synonym: Eriophorum polystachion
Numerous narrow-leaved cotton-grass in bloom in a meadow next to Heart Lake in Hellroaring Meadows, Yakama Nation lands on the southestern flanks of Mt. Adams.........August 12, 2012.
The photo above shows the inflorescence of narrow-leaved cotton-grass (and arachnid friend) as seen along the Willard Springs Trail in Conboy Lake NWR...........June 21, 2008. Although hard to see, the tip of a bract can seen above the top of the uppermost spikelet of the inflorescence. Note also the spider legs!.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of narrow-leaved cotton-grass as seen in moist meadows below Trail #9 about one-quarter mile west of the Shorthorn Trail #16 junction on the southern slopes
of Mt. Adams..............August 24, 2008. Note the several long bracts that subtend the inflorescence.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence
of narrow-leaved cotton-grass as seen in moist meadows below Trail #9 about one-quarter mile west of the Shorthorn Trail #16 junction on the southern slopes
of Mt. Adams..........August 24, 2008.
The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence and an upper stem leaf
of narrow-leaved cotton-grass as seen in moist meadows below Trail #9 about one-quarter mile west of the Shorthorn Trail #16 junction on the southern slopes
of Mt. Adams...........August 24, 2008.
The photo above shows an attractive mass
of narrow-leaved cotton-grass as seen in moist meadows below Trail #9 about one-quarter mile west of the Shorthorn Trail #16 junction on the southern slopes
of Mt. Adams..............August 24, 2008.
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The two photo seen directly above show additional close-ups of the inflorescence
of narrow-leaved cotton-grass as seen in moist meadows below Trail #9 about one-quarter mile west of the Shorthorn Trail #16 junction on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams..........August 24, 2008. Note the spider in the inflorescence in the photo at left.
A wet meadow of what appears to be narrow-leaved cotton-grass as seen along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge...........June 20, 2013.
Paul Slichter