Typha latifolia L.

Locations ofTypha latifolia L. in Virginia

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Family
Typhaceae
Botanical Name
Typha latifolia L.
Common Name
Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Typha latifolia L.
Comments
This species hybridizes with T. angustifolia to form T. ×glauca Godron. See Comments under T. ×glauca.
Habitat
Freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes, ponds, open swamps, sluggish streams and floodplain pools, calcareous marshes and fens, beaver impoundments, ditches, and other disturbed wetlands; can be invasive in natural or artificial wetlands that have been eutrophied by agricultural or urban runoff. Frequent to locally common throughout.
Native Status
Native

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