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Typha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Typha is a genus of about eleven species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the monogeneric family, Typhaceae. The genus has a largely Northern Hemisphere distribution, but is essentially cosm...
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Cattail; a common and useful native plant ... Washington also harbors another cattail species, Typha angustifolia, or narrow leaf cattail. It is an invader from other parts of the country, and so far is only known from a couple of locations. For this article I will concentrate on the common cattail, and the benefits...
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Broadleaf Cattail; Photo Courtesy James L. Reveal and USDA Plants Database ... Common name from the width of the leaf relative to that of the other common, North American cattail, Typha angustifolia ... Identifiable as a cattail by its tall, sword-shaped leaves and distinctive fruiting spikes.
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Family: Cattail family ... Cattail marshes are favorite nest grounds for red winged blackbirds and muskrats. An introduced species, purple loosestrife (see picture immediately below), is out-competing cattails in many of their native habitats.
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Scientific name: Typha latifolia; Common name: cattail; Flower color: brown; Flowering: May-September; Reproduction: seed, rhizomes; Duration: Perennial; Animal Support:; Height: 5 ft (USDA);
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Common Cattail ... © 1997-2009 by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc.
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Cattails;; Banat (Malay); This is the only Cattail native to Singapore. It grows in stagnant water and edges of reservoirs. It is adapted to deeper waters; with tall, narrow leaves and producing more seeds (rather than reproducing from creeping underground roots like other cattails).
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