Typha latifolia Linnaeus 1753 (Family Typhaceae)


Flowers

Fruit

Height: 100-250cm
Perennial, Tufts, Persistent Seed Bank
Monoecious, Flowering June - August (Earliest: 6.7)

Protective Chemicals
Abietic, Dehydroabietic, Neoabietic, Palustric, Pimaric
Polyhydroxysteroids Typhasterol

Biotopes:
Ponds

Streams
Pollination: Wind
Seed Dispersal: Wind
Parasites:
Stagonospora typhoidearum

Hydrellia griseola Larva (Leaf Miner)

Notiphila nigricornis Larva (Leaf Miner)
Herbivores:
Ceramica pisi

Several Chrysomelidae
Sapivores:
Rhopalosiphum padi

Ischnodemus sabuleti

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Bulrush


Pictures © 2002, 2003 J.K. Lindsey

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