Cyperaceae
Woolgrass
Scirpus cyperinus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Woolgrass
- hsb
- Cachorowa škripina, Cachorowa syć
- Persian
- پیزر پشمی
Synonyms
- Eriophorum cyperinum L.
- Eriophorum cyperinum f. condensatum (Fernald) Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum f. grande (Fernald) Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. atrocinctus Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. eriophorum (Michx.) Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. grande (Fernald) Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. laxum (A.Gray) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. pelium (Fernald) Farw.
- Scirpus atrocinctus Fernald
- Scirpus atrocinctus f. grandis (Fernald) D.S.Carp.
- Scirpus atrocinctus var. grandis Fernald
- Scirpus cyperinus f. andrewsii (Fernald) D.S.Carp.
- Scirpus cyperinus f. cephaloideus (E.Sheld.) Beetle
- Scirpus cyperinus f. condensatus (Fernald) S.F.Blake
- Scirpus cyperinus f. confertus Beetle
- Scirpus cyperinus f. congestus (House) House
- Scirpus cyperinus f. cyperinus
- Scirpus cyperinus var. andrewsii (Fernald) Fernald
- Scirpus cyperinus var. condensatus (Fernald) Fernald
- Scirpus cyperinus var. congestus House
- Scirpus cyperinus var. cyperinus
- Scirpus cyperinus var. eriophorum (Michx.) Kuntze
- Scirpus cyperinus var. laxus (A.Gray) Beetle
- Scirpus cyperinus var. normalis Kuntze
- Scirpus cyperinus var. pelius Fernald
- Scirpus cyperinus var. rubricosus (Fernald) Gilly
- Scirpus eriophorum Michx.
- Scirpus eriophorum f. praelongus Fernald
- Scirpus eriophorum var. andrewsii Fernald
- Scirpus eriophorum var. condensatus Fernald
- Scirpus eriophorum var. cyperinus A.Gray
- Scirpus eriophorum var. laxus A.Gray
- Scirpus rubricosus Fernald
- Scirpus rubricosus f. praelongus (Fernald) Fernald
- Scirpus sylvaticus f. cephaloideus E.Sheld.
- Scirpus thyrsiflorus Willd.
- Trichophorum cyperinum (L.) Pers.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Pokrzywinski, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.