Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Cyperaceae/Cypéracées - Sedge Family
Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
En: closed-sheath cottongrass, short-anther cottongrass, northland cottonsedge
Fr: linaigrette à anthères courtes
IU: suputaujak
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Arctic circumboreal; w/nwNfld., N to w/nLab.; calc.

[=Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A.Mey. var. brachyantherum]
[=Eriophorum opacum (Björnstr.) Fernald]
[=Eriophorum opacum (Björnstr.) Fernald var. cinnamomeum A.E.Porsild]
[=Eriophorum opacum (Björnstr.) Fernald var. pellucidum Lepage]
[=Eriophorum vaginatum L. var. opacum Björnstr.]
[=Scirpus brachyantherus (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) T.Koyama]

[In Nfld., Eriophorum brachyantherum is found in peaty areas of limestone barrens on the west coast, primarily on the Great Northern Peninsula. (Bouchard et al., 1991).]

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