Image of graceful cattail

Description:

Slo.: Laxmanijev rogoz - Habitat: Partly overgrown ruderal ground in an abandoned query, marl bedrock, flat terrain, sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitation 1.300-1.400 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), pre-Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: muddy clay with some sand on marl ground. - Comment: Growing together with Typha latifolia, many plants. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species. The rarest species of genus Typha in Slovenia. Very difficult to find and easy to recognize - the upper male (staminate flowers) part of the spike is much longer than lower female (pistillate flowers) part. - Ref.: (1) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Sudtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1073. (2) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 823. (3) H.Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 682.