Typha latifolia ~ Cattail yellow-leaf Cherokee Sedge

Cherokee Sedge

The leaves are pinnately compound

Its small leaves are a bright green that turns olive-green in winter

Manie van der Schijff BT

COMPANION PLANTS:  Flowering Cherry

Typha latifolia ~ Cattail yellow-leaf Cherokee SedgeCattail is an aggressive native herbaceous perennial with upright sword like green foliage and stiff central stalk with a packed cylindrical inflorescence with male flowers at the top and the female flowers at the end which blooms in summer. Male flowers quickly disperse after bloom leaving naked stalk tips, while female flowers mature to the familiar brown sausage like fruiting tip. Foliage turns yellow brown in fall while fruiting spikes hold until