Eriophorum gracile
slender cottongrass
As recorded: Eriophorum gracile W.D.J.Koch
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 7642
- Date
- July 8, 1922
- Locality
- Merrimack Co., Salisbury, Mt. Kearsarge - S summit of mt.
- Region
- New Hampshire, United States
- Elevation
- 869 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On July 8, 1922, St.John, H. also collected 7 other specimens.
Eriophorum gracile observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1922. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 8,164 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Division No. 6, Subdivision E, NL, CA
(c) Barry C Day, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-25
Mer Bleue Bog Tr, Ottawa, ON, CA
(c) Rich Russell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Rector, PA 15677, USA
(c) dp1992, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Riterville Rd, Lewis Run, PA, US
no rights reserved
2026-10-24
New York, US
(c) Ian Bell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-24
Meadowlands, MN, US
(c) Paul Marcum, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Eriophorum gracile. BISH 454488. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956454781. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/454488.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956454781 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026