Friday, June 24, 2011
Cattail Identification
Cattails on the edge of the wetland.
Native cattail: This species has no gap between the male and female parts on the stem. Leaves can be up to 1" wide.
Narrow Leafed Cattail: Leaves are 0.5" or less, and there is up to 1.5" gap between the male and female parts
Comparison between the native and the narrow leaf cattails.
Hybrid Cattail: This species has two or three apparent sex parts and smaller gaps. They appear to show off parts and pieces of the other two species.
What species is this?
What species is this?
Native cattail: This species has no gap between the male and female parts on the stem. Leaves can be up to 1" wide.
Narrow Leafed Cattail: Leaves are 0.5" or less, and there is up to 1.5" gap between the male and female parts
Comparison between the native and the narrow leaf cattails.
Hybrid Cattail: This species has two or three apparent sex parts and smaller gaps. They appear to show off parts and pieces of the other two species.
What species is this?
What species is this?
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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