Typha latifolia
Table of Contents
Common Names: Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail
Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Tracheophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Order: Poales |
| Family: Typhaceae |
| Genus: Typa |
| Species: Typha latifolia |
Conservation Status
Identifying Features
The common cattail has long, stiff, blade-like leaves. The flower is tiny, and tightly packed in clusters on top of the stem. The male flowers are white, while female flowers are green-brown.
Habitat & Range
Common cattails grow in dense groups along the edge of water. They are found throughout North, Central, and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Featured image by James Dake.
Related
Bromus intermis
Smooth Brome Grass
Phleum pratense
Timothy Grass
Setaria glauca
Yellow Foxtail