cottongrass

Two green hairstreak butterflies, gracefully viridescent, dance past on a soft wind that sifts through reeds, sets waving the tall golden flower stems of bog asphodel, and silky white plumes of cottongrass that has colonised the old peat-diggings.

Country diary: Tregaron, Ceredigon 2011

Moss, lichen, sedge, and cottongrass grow in the North.

Arctic 2010

Now the National Trust, which owns most of the plateau, has come up with a bold plan to put up sheep-proof fences, with access points for walkers, to encourage the regeneration of vital plants like cottongrass, heather and bilberry.

Royals ride to the rescue Derek Brown 2010

Vegetation along the wet coastal areas is chiefly sedge and cottongrass; woody plants grow on higher sites.

Bering Tundra (Northern) Province (Bailey) 2009

Although increases in tiller production of cottongrass were not considered to be an important response, this can lead to long-term increases in population growth [96].

Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

The vertical distribution of live vascular phytomass in cottongrass tussock tundra.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

The first experiment that manipulated CO2 in the Arctic concluded that elevated CO2 concentrations had no long-term effects because photosynthetic acclimation (i.e., down-regulation, the physiological adjustment of photosynthetic rate so that no differences are found between plants grown at ambient and elevated CO2 levels) in cottongrass ( '' Eriophorum vaginatum '') was apparent within three weeks and biomass did not increase.

Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

The vertical distribution of live vascular phytomass in cottongrass tussock tundra.

General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009

Poorly drained sites support tussock vegetation of sedge (Carex spp.), cottongrass, and sphagnum moss (Sphagnum spp.).

Northern Canadian Shield taiga 2008

The less maritime communities occurring on Hirta are mainly a range of acid-loving species: poor submontane grassland and heaths consisting of ling and cottongrass Calluna vulgaris - Eriophorum vaginatum bog, extensive mixed Nardus-Calluna-Rhacomitrium lanuginosum heath with Luzula sylvatica grassland dominant on the summit of Conachair.

St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom 2008