English: Hare's-tail cottongrass; Tussock cottongrass; Sheathed cottonsedge; Draw-ling; Drawmoss.
Botany: rhizomatous perennial herb; habitat bogs, acidic wetlands, holarctic, tundra; ± 50 cm high; dense tussocks with 300–600 tillers; erect solitary spikelets; inflorescence is a dense, tufted cyme with erect solitary, multiflowered spikelets; leaves usually longer than the stem; fruit an achene.