Native Alternatives to Cattail Species

INVASIVE SPECIES	NATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Typha angustifolia (narrow-leaved cattail)	Arundinaria gigantea (giant cane)
Typha Xglauca (hybrid cattail)	Carex lacustris (lake sedge)
	Carex muskingumensis (Muskingum sedge)
	Carex stricta (tussock sedge)
	Carex vulpinoidea (fox sedge)
	Juncus effusus (common rush)
	Juncus torreyi (Torrey's rush)
	Scirpus fluviatilis (river bulrush)
	Scirpus validus (softstem bulrush)
	Sparganium americanum (bur-reed)
	Spartina pectinata (prairie cord grass)