White common cottongrass foxtails against a green background.
White common cottongrass foxtails against a green background.

Common Cottongrass

starting at €90.00

The Finnish summer is beautifully captured in the fluffy balls of cottongrass basking in the summer night sun. A shrub that grows in various damp places throughout the country, the common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), thrives in vast poor fens, along wetland shores, and in the tiny, sun-warmed crevices of rocky outcrops. Its spikes wither into fluffy tufts that, when drenched by rain and then dried by the wind, delight nature wanderer for a surprisingly long time.

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The Finnish summer is beautifully captured in the fluffy balls of cottongrass basking in the summer night sun. A shrub that grows in various damp places throughout the country, the common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), thrives in vast poor fens, along wetland shores, and in the tiny, sun-warmed crevices of rocky outcrops. Its spikes wither into fluffy tufts that, when drenched by rain and then dried by the wind, delight nature wanderer for a surprisingly long time.

HOME SHORES – Pictures from the Finnish coast

My oldest, everlasting love is the sea that laps against the shores of my homeland. I have been photographing it ever since I was a child, spending my summers in the Iniö archipelago. I have accumulated photos spanning several decades. I have also published two books on the subject: *Kuohu – Hooked on the Archipelago* and *The Sea That Washes My Feet*. Please contact me for more information about them. In this series, I have compiled some of the most memorable shots from my home shores over the years. 

Discover my work The Sea That Rinses My Feet  (texts in Finnish, English, and Swedish)

Discover my book Kuohu – Hooked on the Archipelago (texts in Finnish or Swedish)