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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Cottongrass

I found a few exceptional plants while exploring the swamps of ‘Hohes Venn’, the greatest National Park of Belgium.

Cottongrass is a typical plant of swamps and tundra bogs.
This grass species is most conspicuous in summer when the fruiting plant develops distinctive silky-white plumes that resemble tufts of cotton (known as bog cotton).

Pretty rare in Belgium, so I was happy with my find.

Dutch name : Veenpluis
German name : Schmalblättriges Wollgras
Latin name : Eriophorum angustifolium

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