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|accepted_name=Eriophorum vaginatum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 52. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Tussock cotton-grass;linaigrette à large gaine
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eriophorum spissum
|authority=Fernald
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eriophorum spissum var. erubescens
|authority=(Fernald) Fernald
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum
|authority=(Fernald) Hultén
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Eriophorum;Eriophorum vaginatum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eriophorum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eriophorum vaginatum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 26
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose, tussock forming. <b>Culms</b> 10–60 cm; basal sheaths brown. <b>Leaves</b>: bladeless sheaths 1–3 per culm, expanding distally, to 1 mm wide; blades filiform, trigonous, not more than 1 cm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: involucral bracts absent. <b>Spikelets</b> solitary, erect, globose-subglobose to ovoid-oblong, 10–20 mm in flower, to 50 mm in fruit; scales lead-colored to greenish gray with white-hyaline margins to 1 mm wide; empty scales more than 10, ovate-lanceolate; proximal scales reflexed or spreading at maturity, 5–10 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth bristles 10 or more, white, seldom reddish or brown, 10–18 mm, smooth; anthers 1–3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> ovoid to obovoid, 1.9–3.5 mm, apex minutely apiculate. <b>2n</b> = 58, 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Bogs, meadows, swales, tundra, wet places, peaty soils
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Conn.;Ind.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|discussion=<p><i>Eriophorum vaginatum</i> is variable; many authorities divide it into two subspecies, <i>E. vaginatum</i> subsp. vaginatum and <i>E. vaginatum</i> subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén, differing in spikelet shape, scale color, and anther size. The remarkable degree of morphologic overlap and the limited number of consistent characters that can be used to delimit the subspecies has been problematic and controversial. Many intermediates between the essentially sympatric subspecies occur, especially in the center of the range of the species. In the absence of definitive data only one taxon is recognized.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Eriophorum vaginatum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Eriophorum spissum;Eriophorum spissum var. erubescens;Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Bogs, meadows, swales, tundra, wet places, peaty soils
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Greenland;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Conn.;Ind.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Wis.;Eurasia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_31.xml
|genus=Eriophorum
|species=Eriophorum vaginatum
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