Family: Typhaceae
Author: L.
Bibliography: Sp. Pl.: 971 (1753)
Year: 1753
Status: accepted
Rank: species
Genus: Typha
Vegetable: False
Observations: Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Colombia, W. Bolivia to S. South America, Nigeria to Kenya
Description
Cooper’s-reed, scientifically known as Typha latifolia, is a distinguished member of the Typhaceae family. This resilient plant has an extensive range, flourishing across the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, extending from Colombia to Western Bolivia, reaching as far south as Southern South America, and spanning from Nigeria to Kenya in Africa.
First described by the renowned botanist Carl Linnaeus in his seminal work “Species Plantarum” in 1753, Cooper’s-reed is notable for its adaptability and thrive in various climates and regions. The species typically inhabits wetlands, marshes, and the edges of ponds and lakes, where it plays a crucial role in the ecosystem.
The plant’s prolific nature and dense growth make it a valuable resource for both natural habitats and human uses. It provides habitat and food for wildlife, helping to stabilize soil and filter water. In many cultures, Typha latifolia has been utilized for its practical applications: its fibrous leaves have been used for weaving mats, chair seats, and even for thatching roofs, while its nutritious roots have served as a food source.
In summary, Cooper’s-reed is not only ecologically significant but also historically valuable, thanks to its widespread distribution, ecological benefits, and various practical uses.
Common Names
Dan: bredbladet dunhammer
Deu: breitblättriger rohrkolben
Eng: broadleaf cattail, bulrush, cattail, common cattail, cooper’s-reed, giant reed-mace, great cattail, soft-flag, broad-leaved cattail, common bulrush, false bulrush, great reedmace
Swe: bredkaveldun, leveäosmankäämi, kaveldun
Nob: brei dunkjevle, bredt dunkjevle, bred dunkjevle
Nno: brei dunkjevle, breitt dunkjevle
Spa: espadaña común, piriope, totora, tule espidilla
Nld: grote lisdodde
Fin: leveäosmankäämi
Fra: massette à larges feuilles, roseau des étangs, quenouille à feuilles larges, massette, quenouille, typha à feuilles larges
Por: taboa, tabua-larga
Sme: govdašlubborássi
Cym: cynffon y gath, ffon y plant, ffynwewyr ellyllon, ffynwewyr y plant, hesgen felfedog fwyaf, llafrwynen, penmelfed, rhodell, rholbren calfelfed, tapr y dŵr
En: Cooper’s-reed, Bulrush, Soft-flag, Common cattail, Great cattail, Giant reed-mace, Broadleaf cattail, Great Reedmace, Broad-Leaf Cat-Tail, CATTAIL, Cattail (common), Common Bulrush, Vétánó’êstse, Broad-leaved cattail, False Bulrush, Broad-leaved Cat-tail, Cat-tail
Ar: بوط عريض الأوراق
Eu: Lezka hostozabal
Be: Рагоз шыракалісты
Br: Korz-mor-ledan
Bg: Широколистен папур
Ca: Boga de fulla ampla, Balca, Balca de fulla ampla, Boga de cadires, Bova femella
Zh: 宽叶香蒲
Cr: Ohtawaskwa
Hr: Rogoz
Cs: Orobinec širokolistý
Da: Bredbladet Dunhammer
Nl: Grote lisdodde
Et: Laialehine hundinui
Fi: Leveäosmankäämi
Fr: Roseau des étangs, La Massette à Larges Feuilles, Rauche, Roseau à Massette, Massette à Larges Feuilles, Quenouille à feuilles larges, Massette, Quenouille, Typha à feuilles larges, Quenouille à larges feuilles, Masse-d’eau, Massette à feuilles larges, Massette à feuilles étroites
De: Breitblättriger Rohrkolben, Kanonenputzer
El: Ψάθα
He: סוף רחב-עלים
Hu: Széleslevelű gyékény
It: Tifa, Lisca a foglie larghe, Lisca maggiore, Mazzasorda, Sala, Bastone acquatico, Pannia, Papea maggiore
Kk: Майқоға
Ko: 부들
Lt: Plačialapis švendras
Mk: Широколистен рогоз
Gv: Bossan doo
Se: Govdašlubborássi
No: Bred dunkjevle, Breitt dunkjevle
Nb: Brei dunkjevle, Bredt dunkjevle, Bred dunkjevle
Nn: Brei dunkjevle, Breitt dunkjevle
Os: Бийыны хъæз
Fa: بوربا
Pl: Rogoża szerokolista, Pałka szerokolistna
Pt: Tabua-larga, Tábua-larga, Taboa, Espadana, Murrâo dos fogueteiros
Ro: Papură
Ru: Рогоз широколистный
Sk: Pálka širokolistá
Es: Totora, Tule espidilla, Piriope, Espadaña común, Anea, Širokolistni rogoz, Espadeña, Aguapa, Espadaña, Espadaña ancha, Junco de esteras, Junco de esteras de la pasión, Matara
Sv: Bredkaveldun, Leveäosmankäämi, Kaveldun
Zh-tw: 寬葉香蒲
Zh-hant: 寬葉香蒲
Uk: Рогіз широколистий
Cy: Cynffon y Gath, Ffon y Plant, Ffynwewyr Ellyllon, Ffynwewyr y Plant, Hesgen Felfedog Fwyaf, Llafrwynen, Penmelfed, Rhodell, Rholbren Calfelfed, Tapr y Dŵr
Fy: Grutte Tuorrebout
Synonyms
- Typha elatior (Raf.)
- Typha latifolia var. ambigua (Sond.)
- Typha latifolia var. elongata (Dudley)
- Typha latifolia f. divisa (Louis-Marie)
- Typha latifolia var. gracilis (Godr.)
- Typha latifolia f. didyma (Brenner)
- Massula latifolia ((L.) Dulac)
- Typha angustifolia var. media (Kronf.)
- Typha latifolia f. ambigua ((Sond.) Holmb.)
- Typha latifolia subsp. eulatifolia (Graebn.)
- Typha intermedia (Schur)
- Typha latifolia var. typica (Rothm.)
- Typha ambigua (Schur ex Rohrb.)
- Typha engelmannii (A.Br. ex Rohrb.)
- Typha latifolia var. angustifolia (Hausskn.)
- Typha elongata (Pauquy)
- Typha major (Curtis)
- Typha angustifolia var. elata ((Boreau) Nyman)
- Typha latifolia var. elata (Kronf.)
- Typha latifolia var. obconica (Tkachik)
- Typha latifolia var. remotiuscula ((Schur) Simonk.)
- Typha remotiuscula (Schur)
- Typha latifolia f. intermedia (Lindstr.)
- Typha spathulifolia (Kronf.)
- Typha latifolia var. elatior (Graebn.)
- Typha crassa (Raf.)
- Typha palustris (Bubani)
- Typha pendula (Fisch. ex Sond.)
- Typha elata (Boreau)
Distribution
- Afghanistan (native)
- Alabama (native)
- Alaska (native)
- Albania (native)
- Alberta (native)
- Algeria (native)
- Altay (native)
- Amur (native)
- Argentina Northeast (native)
- Argentina Northwest (native)
- Arizona (native)
- Arkansas (native)
- Austria (native)
- Baleares (native)
- Baltic States (native)
- Belarus (native)
- Belgium (native)
- Bolivia (native)
- British Columbia (native)
- Bulgaria (native)
- Buryatiya (native)
- California (native)
- Central European Rus (native)
- China North-Central (native)
- China South-Central (native)
- China Southeast (native)
- Chita (native)
- Colombia (native)
- Colorado (native)
- Connecticut (native)
- Corse (native)
- Czechoslovakia (native)
- Delaware (native)
- Denmark (native)
- Djibouti (native)
- East Aegean Is. (native)
- East European Russia (native)
- Ethiopia (native)
- Finland (native)
- Florida (native)
- France (native)
- Georgia (native)
- Germany (native)
- Great Britain (native)
- Greece (native)
- Honduras (native)
- Hungary (native)
- Idaho (native)
- Illinois (native)
- Indiana (native)
- Inner Mongolia (native)
- Iowa (native)
- Iran (native)
- Ireland (native)
- Irkutsk (native)
- Italy (native)
- Japan (native)
- Kamchatka (native)
- Kansas (native)
- Kazakhstan (native)
- Kentucky (native)
- Kenya (native)
- Khabarovsk (native)
- Kirgizstan (native)
- Korea (native)
- Krasnoyarsk (native)
- Krym (native)
- Kuril Is. (native)
- Lebanon-Syria (native)
- Louisiana (native)
- Maine (native)
- Manchuria (native)
- Manitoba (native)
- Maryland (native)
- Masachusettes (native)
- Mexico Central (native)
- Mexico Gulf (native)
- Mexico Northeast (native)
- Mexico Northwest (native)
- Mexico Southeast (native)
- Mexico Southwest (native)
- Michigan (native)
- Minnesota (native)
- Mississippi (native)
- Missouri (native)
- Montana (native)
- Morocco (native)
- Nebraska (native)
- Netherlands (native)
- Nevada (native)
- New Brunswick (native)
- New Hampshire (native)
- New Jersey (native)
- New Mexico (native)
- New York (native)
- Newfoundland (native)
- Nigeria (native)
- North Carolina (native)
- North Caucasus (native)
- North Dakota (native)
- North European Russi (native)
- Northwest European R (native)
- Northwest Territorie (native)
- Norway (native)
- Nova Scotia (native)
- Nunavut (native)
- Ohio (native)
- Oklahoma (native)
- Ontario (native)
- Oregon (native)
- Pakistan (native)
- Palestine (native)
- Paraguay (native)
- Pennsylvania (native)
- Poland (native)
- Portugal (native)
- Primorye (native)
- Prince Edward I. (native)
- Québec (native)
- Rhode I. (native)
- Romania (native)
- Rwanda (native)
- Sakhalin (native)
- Sardegna (native)
- Saskatchewan (native)
- Sicilia (native)
- South Carolina (native)
- South Dakota (native)
- South European Russi (native)
- Spain (native)
- Sweden (native)
- Switzerland (native)
- Tadzhikistan (native)
- Tennessee (native)
- Texas (native)
- Tibet (native)
- Transcaucasus (native)
- Tunisia (native)
- Turkey (native)
- Turkey-in-Europe (native)
- Turkmenistan (native)
- Tuva (native)
- Uganda (native)
- Ukraine (native)
- Utah (native)
- Uzbekistan (native)
- Vermont (native)
- Virginia (native)
- Washington (native)
- West Himalaya (native)
- West Siberia (native)
- West Virginia (native)
- Wisconsin (native)
- Wyoming (native)
- Xinjiang (native)
- Yakutskiya (native)
- Yugoslavia (native)
- Yukon (native)
- Zaïre (native)
- Hawaii (introduced)
- Labrador (introduced)
- New South Wales (introduced)
- Tasmania (introduced)
- Victoria (introduced)
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Fruit
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Flower
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Habit
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Leaf
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Other
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Bark
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Sources
- WFO (No URL)
- IPNI (No URL)
- GBIF (https://www.gbif.org/species/5289423)
- POWO (http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:836870-1)
- PlantNet (https://identify.plantnet.org/species/the-plant-list/Typha latifolia L.)
Specifications
Growth form: Rhizomatous
Growth habit: Forb/herb
Growth rate: Rapid
Growth
Ph maximum: 8.7
Ph minimum: 5.5
Light: 8
Atmospheric humidity: 8
Bloom months: [‘jun’, ‘jul’, ‘aug’]
Soil nutriments: 8
Soil salinity: 1