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Typha ×suwensis

Typha ×suwensis is a hybrid cattail, native to central Japan, that arose from a cross between T. latifolia and T. orientalis. It grows in freshwater marshes and needs constantly moist to wet ground.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep roots submerged or in saturated soil at all times.
Soil
Wet, heavy mud or loam in shallow water.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates freezing winters as rhizomes stay dormant under water or mud.
How easy
Easy

About

Typha × suwensis is a plant of hybrid origin, endemic to central Japan named after Suwa Province (諏方国 Suwa no kuni) west of Tokyo. It apparently originated as a cross between the two very widespread species T. latifolia and T. orientalis. Typha × suwensis grows in freshwater marshes.

Other Typha plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Typha × suwensis 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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