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Typha davidiana

Typha davidiana is a bulrush-type marsh plant native to China, found in freshwater marshes and on lake and stream banks. It is grown as a wetland or pond-margin plant, and it needs permanently wet or shallow-water roots.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the roots constantly wet or grow it in shallow water up to about 15 cm deep.
Soil
Heavy garden loam or pond-margin mud, kept waterlogged.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect the rhizomes from deep freezing in very cold regions.
How easy
Easy
Native range
China
Climate
temperate

About

Typha davidiana is a plant species native to China (Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang, Zhejiang). It grows in freshwater marshes and on the banks of lakes and streams.

Other Typha plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Typha davidiana 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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