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羊胡子草;
noun
any of a genus (Eriophorum) of sedges with tufted spikes
noun
any of a genus (Eriophorum) of sedges with tufted spikes
The first known use of cotton grass was in 1597
1 Photos Wind rustles cotton grass in the Stampede area near Healy on Friday, July 7, 2023.
2 Today, Ellesmere, which lies next to Greenland on the eastern edge of Canada’s Arctic Archipelago, supports only ankle-high tufts of cotton grass and mossy ground cover; the nearest tree is almost 1,200 miles south.
3 Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.
4 On Huvudskär, one of the archipelago’s final outposts, heather, cotton grass, and crowberry grow in rock crevices.