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Typha austro-orientalis

Typha austro-orientalis
Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0

Typha austro-orientalis is a cattail species from the Typhaceae family, native to southern European Russia, where it grows in freshwater marshes. Its key to growing is to keep its roots wet or submerged in shallow fresh water.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow fresh water.
Soil
Waterlogged mud or clay-rich pond soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cold winters outdoors; hardy in temperate climates.
How easy
Easy

About

Typha austro-orientalis is a plant species native to the southern part of European Russia. It grows in freshwater marshes. The type specimen was collected in 2000 near the City of Volgograd.

Other Typha plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Typha austro-orientalis 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.

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