Typha angustifolia L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Typhaceae// Genus: Typha// Species: Typha angustifolia L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native to the Temperate Northern Hemisphere (North America, Europe, Asia, Northwest Africa) according to the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat: Found in wet habitats near streams and rivers, on muddy soil and shallow water.

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer.

Typha angustifolia – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – habit. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – inflorescence. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – inflorescence. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – inflorescence. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – female part of inflorescence. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – female part of inflorescence. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – leaves. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia – leaf. Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Typha angustifolia  (left) vs Typha latifolia (right). Osogovo, near village of Beli, 12.09.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Typha angustifolia L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:259280-2 [Accessed 14.09.2021].

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