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Cattail Family
1 species
Common Cattail - spike to 30 cm - leaves to 3 m - height to 2.7 m - East Don Valley (Milne Hollow) - August 2010
Order: Typhales
Family: Typhaceae (Cattail family)
Genus: Typha
Species: Latifolia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Liliopsida
Perennial - also known as Broad-leaved Cattail, mistakenly
called Bulrush (Sedge family) - male flowers at top of flower
spike, female flowers at bottom - native to Canada
called Bulrush (Sedge family) - male flowers at top of flower
spike, female flowers at bottom - native to Canada
Updated February 12 2012
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