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§1 Plant

Typha latifolia L.

vernacular broadleaf cattail — species · Typhaceae


USDA
TYLA
GBIF
5289423
Rank
species
broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia)
Platephotograph · cgbb2004CC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Typhaceae Juss.
Genus
Typha
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,576 counties across 42 states/territories
Legend Native · 1576 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Fire
High
Salinity
Low
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-36 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
14–180 in/yr
pH range
5.5–8.7
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
5 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Brown
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
High
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
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 1,576 counties across 42 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 44 N
Alaska view state ↗ 5 N
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 37 N
Colorado view state ↗ 26 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 59 N
Georgia view state ↗ 29 N
Illinois view state ↗ 102 N
Indiana view state ↗ 52 N
Iowa view state ↗ 16 N
Kansas view state ↗ 97 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 82 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 59 N
Maine view state ↗ 14 N
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 54 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 70 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 27 N
Missouri view state ↗ 41 N
Montana view state ↗ 23 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 39 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N
New Mexico view state ↗ 14 N
New York view state ↗ 39 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 82 N
North Dakota view state ↗ 36 N
Ohio view state ↗ 71 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 20 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 30 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 23 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N
Texas view state ↗ 32 N
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N
Virginia view state ↗ 92 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 29 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 65 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/TYLA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5289423 ↗

Record version

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