Common Name
Common cattail
Broadleaf cattail
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
12.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
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.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Moisture Requirements
In Water
Wet
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