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§1 Plant
Carex typhina Michx.
vernacular cattail sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 297 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.7–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 297 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Calhoun 17013
- Clinton 17027
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Macon 17115
- Marion 17121
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
Indiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bartholomew 18005
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Elkhart 18039
- Floyd 18043
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lawrence 18093
- Orange 18117
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Randolph 18135
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Bladen 37017
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cumberland 37051
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Henderson 37089
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Northampton 37131
- Person 37145
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King William 51101
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CATY ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2727017 ↗Record version
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