Skye Flora

Harestail Bog-cotton


Eriophorum vaginatum

 

Eriophorum vaginatum

Photo © Carl Farmer
15 May 2003 Coulnacraggan
Spike 29 mm long, 14 mm across

Common in boggy ground

Spikelet c 2-3.5 cm long.

Skye ID: One spike per stem.  The other two species with cottony spikes have several per stem.

Other features: Leaves thread-like, c 1 mm wide,  Stem leaves short, sheaths inflated.  Stem round below, triangular above.

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Eriophorum vaginatum

Photo © Carl Farmer
21 May 2003 Portree
Spike 30 mm from base of black area to tip of furthest hair

  Eriophorum vaginatum

Photo © Carl Farmer
21 May 2004 Portree

Clump in felled forestry


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