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Plant Identification  --  Emergent Weeds  --  Cattail

CATTAIL (Typha spp.)


Treatment Tips: To assure good control, wet leaves thoroughly with a fine spray. Cut off dead leaves at ground level. Re-spray new shoots throughout the season.


Description: Long, slender, grasslike stalks up to 10 feet in height. In habitswet lowlands and water up to 4 feet deep.


Distribution: Common throughout the United States.
Recommended Control Method: For areas less than 1 acre, mix 6.5 ounces of Weedtrine-D with 1 gallon of water plus non-ionic surfactant. 10 gallons of solution will treat 1/10 acre.
OR
For areas larger than 1 acre, mix 1 gallon of Reward in 100 gallons of water. Add non-ionic surfactant. Surface will treat 1 acre.
Alternate Control Methods: Shore-Klear: Mix 1 ounce of Shore-Klear per gallon of water and add non-ionic surfactant in accordance with label instructions. 100 gallons of solution will treat 1 acre. In northern areas, cut off cattails at ice level during winter. This will sometimes reduce their stands the following year.



Descriptions and pictures are from the book "How to Identify and Control Water Weeds and Algae", Edited by James C. Schmidt, 5th edition revised 1998, copyright 1976 Applied Biochemists.
 
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