What is Typha?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Typha'' | image = Typha latifolia 02 bgiu.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Typha latifolia]]'' | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Liliopsida]] | ordo = [[Poales]] | familia = '''Typhaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] | genus = '''''Typha''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} '''''Typha''''' is a [[genus]] of plants. They are found in [[wetland]] [[habitats]]. They are commonly found in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], but may be found in wetlands elsewhere. These plants are known in [[British English]] as '''bulrush''', '''bullrush''' or '''reedmace''',<ref>''Collins Complete British Wildlife''</ref> and in [[American English]] as '''cattail''' or '''punks'''. == Species == * ''[[Typha angustifolia]]'' - Lesser Bulrush or Narrow Leaf Cattail * ''Typha angustifolia x T. latifolia'' - Hybrid or White Cattail * ''[[Typha domingensis]]'' - Southern Cattail * ''[[Typha latifolia]]'' - Common Cattail * ''[[Typha laxmannii]]'' - Laxman's Bulrush * ''[[Typha minima]]'' - Dwarf Bulrush * ''[[Typha orientalis]]'' and ''[[Typha muelleri]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.esperanto.org.nz/anzed/r.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-04-27 |archive-date=2008-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014025518/http://www.esperanto.org.nz/anzed/r.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> - Raupo * ''[[Typha shuttleworthii]]'' - Shuttleworth's Bulrush == Uses by humans == Cattails were once used to make paper. Cattail paper is very heavy and coarse, and is rarely used today. Cattail has also been used as a water filter to remove the poisonous chemical [[arsenic]] from drinking water. == References == {{reflist}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Poales]]