Introductory
SPECIES: Eriophorum viridi-carinatum | Green-Keeled Cottongrass 



ABBREVIATION : 
ERIVIR

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ERVI9


COMMON NAMES : 
   green-keeled cottongrass
   thin-leaved cottongrass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of green-keeled cottongrass is
Eriophorum viridi-carinatum (Engelm.) Fern. [7,19].


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
USFS Region 1 status:  MT - watch list; ND - sensitive list [15]

Green-keeled cottongrass is globally secure but critically imperiled in
Montana [14] and Washington [21]. 
 


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Tara Y. Williams/September 1990


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Williams, Tara Y. 1990. Eriophorum viridi-carinatum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Eriophorum viridi-carinatum | Green-Keeled Cottongrass