Called “bulrush family” in GBIF
The Typhaceae are a family of flowering plants, sometimes called the cattail family. The botanical name for the family has been recognized by most taxonomists.
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Typha
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Typha domingensis
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Typha latifolia
2 articlesIf you've ever noticed cattails colonizing a ditch or retention pond, this shows why they're a go...
If you've ever wondered how cities might grow food sustainably with limited clean water, this sho...
The cattails and bulrushes lining your local pond or stormwater basin may be quietly pulling heav...
If you're restoring a rain garden or bioswale near a road or old industrial site, common reed and...
Floating plant rafts planted with cattails are being used to clean up chromium-contaminated water...
Cattails growing at the edge of a contaminated pond or mining site are quietly pulling toxic meta...
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Filtering wastewater through wetland plants like reeds and cattails before using it to irrigate crops removes most heavy metals and pollutants, producing lettuce that's safer to eat than crops grown with raw sewage water.
If you've ever noticed cattails colonizing a ditch or retention pond, this shows why they're a go-to plant for cleaning up...
The cattails and bulrushes lining your local pond or stormwater basin may be quietly pulling heavy metals and excess...
If you're restoring a rain garden or bioswale near a road or old industrial site, common reed and purple loosestrife relatives...
Floating plant rafts planted with cattails are being used to clean up chromium-contaminated water bodies — meaning a plant...
Cattails growing at the edge of a contaminated pond or mining site are quietly pulling toxic metals out of the water and...
Cattails growing at the edge of your local pond or wetland are actively pulling toxic metals like cadmium and copper out of...
Cattails spreading into neighborhood wetlands and drainage areas can crowd out native plants, so knowing exactly where they're...
Waterways near farms — and the parks, wetlands, and drinking water sources downstream — are quietly accumulating antibiotics...