Bulrush Scirpus spp.

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Bulrush (Scirpus spp.)

• Erect rushlike perennial
• Long creeping rhizomes

2
Common Cattail (typha latifolia)

• Emergent perennial
• Stout creeping rhizomes

3
Cattail control with cutting

• cut stems and keep stubble submerged under water
• cutting at flowering stage most effective
• requires at least two weeks of submergence

from Singh et al., 1976. Aquatic Weeds in South
East Asia
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Cattail bulrush control

• Mechanical
• Repeated mowing (end of flowering season)
• Lowering water level and removing
• Herbicide (spray to wet)
• Rodeo
• 0.03 lbs ai/gal plus surfactant early full
  bloom
• 2,4-D
• 0.06 lbs ai/gal plus surfactant before heads
  appear