Cattail, Typha latifolia
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All over the
Ø Moist,
mild climate; low to middle elevations (3)
Local occurrence (where,
how common)
Ø Often
grows in marshes, lake edges, swamps, wet meadows, forested wetlands, sloughs,
and stream banks (1 and 3)
Ø Highly
common
Ø Often
found in shallow, standing water (3)
Ø Can
tolerate a variety of soil types, from clays to sands (4)
Plant strategy
type/successional stage (stress-tolerator, competitor, weedy/colonizer, seral,
late successional)
Ø Can tolerate inundation up to two feet and fluctuating water levels (2)
Ø Can often form monocultures, and sometimes push out desirable native sedges and rushes
Ø Tolerates
salinities up to 8000 ppm
Ø Tolerates a wide range of water pH (4.7-10)
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Carex obnupta
, Cornus stolonifera, Equisetum arvense, Rubus spectabilis, Lysichitum
americanum, Nuphar polysepalum (1 and 4)
May be
collected as: (seed, layered, divisions, etc.)
Ø Seed (1)
Ø Rhizomes (2)
Ø Collect
rhizome divisions in winter and spring (4)
Seed germination (needs dormancy
breaking?)
Ø Cold
stratification for 2 months (2)
Propagation recommendations (plant seeds, vegetative parts, cuttings, etc.)
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Can sow seeds into flats, but plants
remain small for 2 to 3 years (1)
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Rhizomes can be planted immediately
on-site (plant rhizome pieces with 3 to 4 nodes into soil 4 to 6 inches deep)
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Rhizomes can also be potted and grown for
later division (4)
Soil or medium requirements (inoculum necessary?)
Ø Can
tolerate a wide variety of soil conditions, from clay to sand (2)
Ø Soil
should be saturated (4)
Installation form (form, potential for successful outcomes, cost)
Ø Divided
rhizomes directly installed [best option] (2 and 4)
Ø Established
rhizomes from pots [another good option] (4)
Ø Established
seedlings (1)
Care requirements after installed (water weekly, water once etc.)
Ø Soil
should be kept consistently moist, rhizomes can not dry out; saturate area
after planting (4)
1.
Guard, B. Jennifer. Wetland Plants of
2.
Leigh, Michael. Grow Your Own Native
Landscape. Native Plant Salvage Project,
3.
Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants of
the
4.
Stevens, M. and R. Vanbianchi. 1993.
Restoring Wetlands in
5.
USDA, NRCS. 2002. The PLANTS Database,
Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov).
National Plant Data Center,
Data compiled by:
Crystal
Elliot,