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It looks so cuddly and fluffy, this type of cottongrass, doesn't it? I think it is Eriophorum scheuchzeri, also called White cottongrass. It only grows in wet places.
The yellow flowers behind the cottongrass are Brown clover (Trifolium badium).
The taller pink flowers in the backgrond are Fleabane (Erigeron humilis).

LA: Eriophorum scheuchzeri
EN: Scheuchzer's cottongrass | white cottongrass
DE: Schuechzers Wollgras
HU: Scheuchzer gyapjas sás

This cotton grass has been named after the Swiss scholar Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

This cottongrass can be found in Europe, Asia and North America in alpine, subalpine or subarctic areas.

Near Fiescheralp, Fiesch, Switzerland

LA: Eriophorum scheuchzeri
EN: Scheuchzer's cottongrass | white cottongrass
DE: Schuechzers Wollgras
HU: Scheuchzer gyapjas sás

This cotton grass has been named after the Swiss scholar Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

This cottongrass can be found in Europe, Asia and North America in alpine, subalpine or subarctic areas.

Near Fiescheralp, Fiesch, Switzerland

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, syn.: Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh.
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass, White Cottongrass, DE: Alpen-Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
Slo.: Scheuchzerjev munec

Dat.: July 3. 2017
Lat.: 46.43893 Long.: 13.64412
Code: Bot_1071/2017_DSC02193

Habitat: small high mountain march; flat terrain; calcareous ground with some siliceous rocks; full sun, wet ground; elevation 1.970 m (6.450 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Mt. Mangart plateau, between the largest snow valley and Red rock place; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comment: Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a true Arctic plant. It is present all around the northern hemisphere and particularly common far north, where it sometimes forms large fields. Zillions of its beautifully silver-white fruit heads look like snow covered ground. However, it is present also in boreal regions. Of cause, in southern regions of its occurrence it can survive only in cold high mountain conditions.

In Slovenia Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a rare and protected plant, constricted to acid bog habitats in the Alps. Such places with rarely less than 2.000 m elevation are rare in my country. Hence each encounter with this beautiful plant is an inimitable experience.
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.

Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1088.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 799.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 766.
(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1366.

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, syn.: Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh.
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass, White Cottongrass, DE: Alpen-Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
Slo.: Scheuchzerjev munec

Dat.: July 3. 2017
Lat.: 46.43893 Long.: 13.64412
Code: Bot_1071/2017_DSC02193

Habitat: small high mountain march; flat terrain; calcareous ground with some siliceous rocks; full sun, wet ground; elevation 1.970 m (6.450 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Mt. Mangart plateau, between the largest snow valley and Red rock place; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comment: Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a true Arctic plant. It is present all around the northern hemisphere and particularly common far north, where it sometimes forms large fields. Zillions of its beautifully silver-white fruit heads look like snow covered ground. However, it is present also in boreal regions. Of cause, in southern regions of its occurrence it can survive only in cold high mountain conditions.

In Slovenia Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a rare and protected plant, constricted to acid bog habitats in the Alps. Such places with rarely less than 2.000 m elevation are rare in my country. Hence each encounter with this beautiful plant is an inimitable experience.
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.

Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1088.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 799.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 766.
(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1366.

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, syn.: Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh.
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass, White Cottongrass, DE: Alpen-Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
Slo.: Scheuchzerjev munec

Dat.: July 3. 2017
Lat.: 46.43893 Long.: 13.64412
Code: Bot_1071/2017_DSC02193

Habitat: small high mountain march; flat terrain; calcareous ground with some siliceous rocks; full sun, wet ground; elevation 1.970 m (6.450 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Mt. Mangart plateau, between the largest snow valley and Red rock place; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comment: Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a true Arctic plant. It is present all around the northern hemisphere and particularly common far north, where it sometimes forms large fields. Zillions of its beautifully silver-white fruit heads look like snow covered ground. However, it is present also in boreal regions. Of cause, in southern regions of its occurrence it can survive only in cold high mountain conditions.

In Slovenia Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a rare and protected plant, constricted to acid bog habitats in the Alps. Such places with rarely less than 2.000 m elevation are rare in my country. Hence each encounter with this beautiful plant is an inimitable experience.
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.

Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1088.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 799.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 766.
(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1366.

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, syn.: Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh.
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass, White Cottongrass, DE: Alpen-Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
Slo.: Scheuchzerjev munec

Dat.: July 3. 2017
Lat.: 46.43893 Long.: 13.64412
Code: Bot_1071/2017_DSC02193

Habitat: small high mountain march; flat terrain; calcareous ground with some siliceous rocks; full sun, wet ground; elevation 1.970 m (6.450 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Mt. Mangart plateau, between the largest snow valley and Red rock place; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comment: Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a true Arctic plant. It is present all around the northern hemisphere and particularly common far north, where it sometimes forms large fields. Zillions of its beautifully silver-white fruit heads look like snow covered ground. However, it is present also in boreal regions. Of cause, in southern regions of its occurrence it can survive only in cold high mountain conditions.

In Slovenia Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a rare and protected plant, constricted to acid bog habitats in the Alps. Such places with rarely less than 2.000 m elevation are rare in my country. Hence each encounter with this beautiful plant is an inimitable experience.
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.

Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1088.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 799.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 766.
(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1366.

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, syn.: Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh.
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass, White Cottongrass, DE: Alpen-Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
Slo.: Scheuchzerjev munec

Dat.: July 3. 2017
Lat.: 46.43893 Long.: 13.64412
Code: Bot_1071/2017_DSC02193

Habitat: small high mountain march; flat terrain; calcareous ground with some siliceous rocks; full sun, wet ground; elevation 1.970 m (6.450 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Mt. Mangart plateau, between the largest snow valley and Red rock place; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comment: Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a true Arctic plant. It is present all around the northern hemisphere and particularly common far north, where it sometimes forms large fields. Zillions of its beautifully silver-white fruit heads look like snow covered ground. However, it is present also in boreal regions. Of cause, in southern regions of its occurrence it can survive only in cold high mountain conditions.

In Slovenia Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a rare and protected plant, constricted to acid bog habitats in the Alps. Such places with rarely less than 2.000 m elevation are rare in my country. Hence each encounter with this beautiful plant is an inimitable experience.
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.

Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1088.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 799.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 766.
(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1366.

Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe, syn.: Eriophorum altaicum Meinsh.
Scheuchzer's Cottongrass, White Cottongrass, DE: Alpen-Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
Slo.: Scheuchzerjev munec

Dat.: July 3. 2017
Lat.: 46.43893 Long.: 13.64412
Code: Bot_1071/2017_DSC02193

Habitat: small high mountain march; flat terrain; calcareous ground with some siliceous rocks; full sun, wet ground; elevation 1.970 m (6.450 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Mt. Mangart plateau, between the largest snow valley and Red rock place; East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.

Comment: Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a true Arctic plant. It is present all around the northern hemisphere and particularly common far north, where it sometimes forms large fields. Zillions of its beautifully silver-white fruit heads look like snow covered ground. However, it is present also in boreal regions. Of cause, in southern regions of its occurrence it can survive only in cold high mountain conditions.

In Slovenia Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a rare and protected plant, constricted to acid bog habitats in the Alps. Such places with rarely less than 2.000 m elevation are rare in my country. Hence each encounter with this beautiful plant is an inimitable experience.
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.

Ref.:
(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1088.
(2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 799.
(3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 766.
(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 1366.

Photo from June 3rd this year.

Longyearbyen, Svalbard
verano 2016

Scheuchzer's cottongrass (Eriophorum scheuchzeri). It's a helophyte, meaing it grows in marshes, partly submerged in water -- as here in Blomsterdalen.

LA: Eriophorum scheuchzeri
EN: White cottongrass
DE: Alpen-Wollgras
HU: Havasi gyapjúsás

Arctic and mountain plant, distributed the entire northern hemisphere.

Fellhorn, 1,800 m.
Allgäu Alps, Germany.