🐾 broadleaf cattail

Typha latifolia · wildlife atlas entry

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Typha latifolia ( broadleaf cattail , bulrush , common bulrush , common cattail , cat-o'-nine-tails , great reedmace , cooper's reed , cumbungi ) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha . It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Europe, Eurasia, and Africa. In Canada, broadleaf cattail occurs in all provinces and also in the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and in the United States, it is native to all states except Hawaii. It is an introduced and invasive... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

broadleaf cattail — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) cgbb2004, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by cgbb2004 · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Typha latifolia
Rank	species
Community observations	81,256 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Plantae › phylum Tracheophyta › class Liliopsida › order Poales › family Typhaceae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 47 Ave, Leduc, AB, CA
(c) Cindy Lee Danyluk-Boisvert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-22 · Trans Canada Highway 16 W, Parkland County, AB, CA
(c) elliot-m, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-12 · Northern Rockies, BC, Canada
(c) soda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-12 · Northern Rockies, BC, Canada
(c) soda, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-07-23 · A Coruña, ES-GA, ES
(c) Álvaro Pérez Pérez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-15 · Fish Creek Park, AB, Canada
(c) Michael Hentges, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-16 · W Point Pkwy, Opelika, AL, US
(c) succvogel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

broadleaf cattail photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Глазовский р-н, республика Удмуртия, Россия
(c) Константин Селивёрстов, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

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