trefle.io · Taken Sep 24, 2021 by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Cyperaceae
Common cotton-grass
Eriophorum angustifolium
Also known as Cottongrass, Hare's-tail cottongrass, Bog cotton, Eriophorum polystachion f. angustifolium
Native Plants · Sedge · Bog · Wetland · Cotton-Grass · Eriophorum · Perennial · Wet-Soil · Pond-Plant · Marsh
Common cotton-grass thrives in wet, boggy conditions and requires consistently moist to waterlogged soil. This sedge prefers full sun to partial shade and is excellent for bog gardens or pond margins. Once established in suitable wet conditions, it requires minimal care beyond ensuring adequate moisture.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water regularly to maintain boggy conditions · Keep consistently moist
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–6.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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