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Life History of Common Cattail

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

R. R. Yeo
R. R. Yeo*
Affiliation:
Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and Department of Botany, University of California, Davis, California
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Abstract

Seed of common cattail (Typha latifolia L.) germinated 100 percent when the blunt ends of the seed coats were ruptured. Seedlings developed primarily while submersed in water. Growth of the seedlings was rapid. A single plant in 6 months developed a network of rhizomes covering an area 10 feet in diameter. Pistil-late spikes 7 inches long produced an average of over 222,000 seeds.

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Research Article
Information
Weeds , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , October 1964 , pp. 284 - 288
Copyright
Copyright © 1964 Weed Science Society of America 

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