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tassel cottongrass

Eriophorum viridicarinatum

Flowering time May-July
Habitat Cold swamps and peatlands in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in northeastern Washington; Alaska to northeastern Washington, Idaho, western Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, east across the northern Great Plains to the Great Lakes, and northeastern North America.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Sensitive in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
E. angustifolium, E. chamissonis, E. gracile, E. virginicum
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