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Typha alekseevii

Typha alekseevii is a reedmace (cattail) species native to the Caucasus, growing in freshwater marshes and at pond or lake margins. It needs wet roots or shallow standing water to thrive.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow water.
Soil
Waterlogged mud or heavy garden soil kept saturated; a pond shelf or bog basket works well.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect the rhizome from freezing solid in very cold climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Typha alekseevii is a plant species native to the Caucasus Region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and southern European Russia). It grows in freshwater marshes.

Other Typha plants

Typha albida · Lesser Bulrush · Typha ×argoviensis · Typha austro-orientalis · Typha azerbaijanensis · Typha ×bavarica · Cape Bulrush · Typha changbaiensis · Typha davidiana · Southern cattail · Elephant grass · Typha ×gezei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Typha alekseevii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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