Typha latifolia was FOUND

on 2009-10-05 in Westbrook
Submitted by Pacificcrabs on Tue, 2009-12-15 at 01:11 pm
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Field Notes

We found a cat-tail that we suspected to be a broad leaved. We were happy because we found what we were looking for and got to be outside of the classroom for the day. We heard nature and talking and smelt Fall leaves. We weren’t really surprised by any of our findings.

Supporting evidence
Photo of my evidence.

The leaves were the necessary size and width. It was approximately 12 cm long, 2 cm wide. We weren’t sure until we measured it and it met the necessary requirements to be classified a Broad-Leaved cat-tail. It met the criteria of leaves 1-2 cm wide and 1.5-3 meters tall.

Photo of my evidence.

We believe it’s a broad leaved cat-tail due to the width of the leave itself. Also it was a healthy plant because it took a great deal of force to break the stem.

Photo of my evidence.

The cat-tail reproduces it’s seeds by letting them go into the wind to land somewhere else and grow, Some landed on my shoe (Picture Above) and the seeds look like that. If they had landed on a fertile stable ground, they’d begin to grow and look like a cat-tail. (See picture A)

Species Observation:
Species Looked For
Common name:
Broad-leaved cattail
Scientific name:
Typha latifolia
Was found?
I think I found it
Count of individuals?
1-10
Coverage?
Evidence of reproduction:
  • Flower (plants)
Sampling method:
  • Quadrat (user-placement)
Place studied
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Latitude:
43.692710 ° N
Longitude:
-70.360400 ° W
Observation Site Information
A photo of our study site.
Name:
Pacificcrabs's visit to Wescott Back Yahd
Habitat:
Freshwater - On a wetland
Trip Information
Trip name:
Wescott Back Yahd
Trip date:
2009-10-05
Nearest town:
Westbrook
Type of investigation:
Species and Habitat Survey
Ecosystem:
Upland
Watershed:
Presumpscot
Nearest waterbody:
Pond
Photo of our sampling method.
Habitat Observations
Diversity:
3 different species
Canopy cover:
Soil moisture:
Saturated
Vectors:
  • Paved road

  • Dirt road

  • Walking trail

  • People

  • Recent disturbance

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