Broadleaf Cattail
| Scientific Name: | Typha latifolia |
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NOTES: Staminate spike is above the pistillate spike, adjacent or separated by 1/2 inch or less.
| Scientific Name: | Typha latifolia |
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| Genus species: | Typha latifolia | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Broadleaf Cattail | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Typhaceae 
Perennial herbs, in or near water, strongly rhizomatous, with stems emergent or floating; leaves alternate and distichous, linear and parallel-veined; flowers unisexual (plants monoecious), regular, in dense headlike or cylindric clusters; fruit a drupe or follicle. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Aquatic | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Yellow Green/Brown | |||||||||||
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | A. Swanson | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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