Broadleaf Cattail

Scientific Name:   Typha latifolia


Staminate spike is above the pistillate spike, adjacent or separated by 1/2 inch or less.

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Broadleaf Cattail

Genus species: Typha latifolia
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
Identified by:A. Swanson
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