| Hare's-tail Cottongrass | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Eriophorum |
| Species: | E. vaginatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriophorum vaginatum L. |
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Eriophorum vaginatum L. (Hare's-tail Cottongrass, Tussock Cottongrass, Sheathed Cottonsedge) is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the family Cyperaceae, native to bogs and other acidic wetlands throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. It is a 30-60 cm high tussock-forming plant with erect solitary spikelets.