Taxon: Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth

Common names:

• cotton-grass bulrush   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• marsh bulrush   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• teddybear paws   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• wool-grass   (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat ) – English
  
• scirpe souchet   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon, Washington
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Tamaulipas [possibly]
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Veracruz

References:

• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds.
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Scirpus cyperinus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Scirpus cyperinus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Scirpus cyperinus.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Eriophorum cyperinum L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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