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Narrow-Leaved Cattail
Narrow-Leaved Cattail
Typha angustifolia
Also known as: lesser bulrush · lesser reedmace · narrowleaf cattail
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Large
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
Northern Hemisphere
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Status
Common

About

This perennial herb grows in dense colonies along brackish northern wetlands. Its brown flower spike releases over two hundred thousand wind-dispersed seeds each season.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Typhaceae
Genus
Typha
Species
Typha angustifolia