OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Typha latifolia   FAMILY Typhaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Typha latifolia   FAMILY Typhaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Typha latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 019-01-001:

Typha latifolia   FAMILY Typhaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Typha latifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail


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image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_tyla_001_lvd

        

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_011b

        

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

JK Marlow    jkm0505d_03

May    Pickens County    SC

Clemson Forest

Fuzzy, brown cylindric spikes (cattails) persist into winter, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

JK Marlow    jkm160504_472

May    Jackson County    NC

Pulley Park

Leaves linear, erect, thick, sheathing the base of the stem, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7527

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

JK Marlow    jkm140711_832

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves up to 1" wide and 10' tall, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

JK Marlow    jkm140711_832b

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Female flowers in brown cylindrical spike; male spike above and contiguous, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Typha latifolia, Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail

JK Marlow    jkm140809_428

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Typha latifolia   FAMILY Typhaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Typha latifolia   FAMILY Typhaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Typha latifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 019-01-001:
Typha latifolia   FAMILY Typhaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Typha latifolia

 

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1937

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Fresh waters of ponds, lakes, ditches, marshes, including in tidal freshwater marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pistillate spike: Green becoming brown Staminate spike: Yellowish (the two usually running together)
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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