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  2. Typha - Wikipedia

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    Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, [7 ...

  3. Typha latifolia - Wikipedia

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    It is known in English as bulrush [4] [5] (sometimes as common bulrush [6] to distinguish from other species of Typha), and in American as broadleaf cattail. [7] It is found as a native plant species throughout most of Eurasia and North America, and more locally in Africa and South America. The genome of T. latifolia was published in 2022. [8]

  4. Typha angustifolia - Wikipedia

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    It is known in English as lesser bulrush, [3] [4] [5] and in American as narrowleaf cattail. [6] Description. Typha angustifolia grows 1.5–2 metres ...

  5. List of English words from Indigenous languages of the Americas

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    From Old Montagnais aiachkimeou ([aːjast͡ʃimeːw]; modern ayassimēw), meaning "snowshoe-netter" (many times incorrectly claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning "eaters of raw [meat]"), and originally used to refer to the Mikmaq. [16] [17] Hickory (definition) From Powhatan <pocohiquara>, "milky drink made with hickory nuts". [18] [19 ...

  6. Cat tails - Wikipedia

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    Cat tails, cattail, or cat's tails are common names for several plants and may refer to: Various species in the genus Acalypha, particularly Acalypha hispida; Various species in the genus Bulbinella; Various species in the genus Typha "Cattails", a song by Big Thief from their album U.F.O.F. "Cattails", an indie video game made by Falcon ...

  7. Typha domingensis - Wikipedia

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    The Southern Cattail grows between 2.0 and 2.5 meters in length and has flat sheaths to protect its core. It thrives in marshes and ecosystems where the land has a similarity to wetlands . It can also survive in high salinity water sources, making it much more resilient than similar species to this kind of cattail .

  8. Typhaceae - Wikipedia

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    The Typhaceae (/ t aɪ ˈ f eɪ s i i /) are a family of flowering plants, sometimes called the cattail family. [2] The botanical name for the family has been recognized by most taxonomists. Description

  9. Elk - Wikipedia

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    The elk (pl.: elk or elks; Cervus canadensis) or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.