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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 5 taxa in the family Typhaceae, Cat-tail family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Common Cattail, Broadleaf Cattail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Typha latifolia FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Typha latifolia FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Typha latifolia 019-01-001 FAMILY: Typhaceae
Habitat: Fresh waters of ponds, lakes, ditches, marshes, including in tidal freshwater marshes
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Hybrid Cattail
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Typha angustifolia × latifolia FAMILY: Typhaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Typha ×glauca FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Typha glauca 019-01-002 FAMILY: Typhaceae
Habitat: Fresh to brackish waters of lakes, ponds, and rivers
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare in GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Cattail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Typha angustifolia FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Typha angustifolia FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Typha angustifolia 019-01-003 FAMILY: Typhaceae
Habitat: Brackish to fresh waters of marshes and swamps, usually tidal, and also inland in non-tidal wetlands (where probably only introduced)
Common
Native, apparently, in coastal areas
Common Name: Southern Cattail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Typha domingensis FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Typha domingensis FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Typha domingensis 019-01-004 FAMILY: Typhaceae
Habitat: Brackish to nearly fresh waters of marshes and swamps, usually tidal
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Bur-reed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sparganium americanum FAMILY: Typhaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sparganium americanum FAMILY: Sparganiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sparganium americanum 020-01-001 FAMILY: Sparganiaceae
Habitat: Streams, marshes, ponds, pools, spring branches, often submerged
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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