How did cattails become a nuisance?
killerPlants Tendrils: ~~1~~2~~3~~4~~5~~ Suggested Reading—>Click here. Killer Savings Nursery Links—>Click here. Killer Picks: The Amateur Naturalist, National Geographic Magazine—>Click here. Cattails (Typha species) are probably the most widely known of all wetland species. The ten or fifteen species belong to their own family, the Typhaceae. Some species like the broad-leaved (Typha latifolia Linnaeus) are native to both the Old and New World. Other species like the Eurasian narrow-leaved (Typha angustifolia Linnaeus) have naturalized wherever they advertisement View of a yellow-headed blackbird perched on top of a cattail –> Close View of Windblown Cattails Photographic Print Raymond Gehman Buy Photographic Print at AllPosters.com have been introduced. Cattails have become nuisance species; their ranges have expanded and they out-compete other wetland plants forming thick monocultures. According to Harold A. Kantrud, prior to World War I, few cattail stands were found in prairie
