A suburban Chicago ecosystem
Common Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Species Spotlight
Common Cattail: At the pond
Dates Photographed by Month
1/2/21
1/3/21
2/28/23
3/1/21
3/3/21
3/5/22
3/6/25
3/10/22
3/20/24
3/21/22
3/27/21
3/27/25
4/5/22
4/11/21
5/4/22
5/6/20
5/22/20
9/12/21
11/7/20
11/23/20
Photographed With These Species
Birds
Black-capped Chickadee [View Associated Images]House Sparrow [View Associated Images]
Red-winged Blackbird [View Associated Images]
Ruby-crowned Kinglet [View Associated Images]
Song Sparrow [View Associated Images]
Sora [View Associated Images]
Virginia Rail [View Associated Images]
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Common Green Darner [View Associated Images]Shoot and Bloom Dates
No data to display.
Plant Info
Common Cattail Image Gallery
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Red-winged Blackbird
At Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 27, 2025, 11:40 a.m. -
Melanistic House Sparrow
At Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 6, 2025, 4:41 p.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
At the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 20, 2024, 3:31 p.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
In the cattails
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Feb. 28, 2023, 9:55 a.m. -
Sora
At a watering hole at the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: May 4, 2022, 7:53 a.m. -
Sora
At a watering hole at the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: May 4, 2022, 7:53 a.m. -
Virginia Rail
Holding out its wings in a distraction display
Location: Oak Hollow Conservation Area
Shot Date: May 4, 2022, 2:57 p.m. -
Virginia Rail
Holding out its wings in a distraction display
Location: Oak Hollow Conservation Area
Shot Date: May 4, 2022, 2:57 p.m. -
Virginia Rail
Holding out its wings in a distraction display
Location: Oak Hollow Conservation Area
Shot Date: May 4, 2022, 2:57 p.m. -
Virginia Rail
In the cattail marsh
Location: Oak Hollow Conservation Area
Shot Date: May 4, 2022, 2:56 p.m. -
Song Sparrow
Singing on a Common Cattail
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: April 5, 2022, 9:03 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
In the Common Cattails
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 21, 2022, 9:20 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
In the Common Cattails
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 10, 2022, 11:04 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
In the Common Cattails
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 5, 2022, 10:48 a.m. -
Immature Male Common Green Darner
Perched on Common Cattail
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Sept. 12, 2021, 8:43 a.m. -
Immature Male Common Green Darner
Perched on Common Cattail
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: Sept. 12, 2021, 8:43 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird Female
At the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: April 11, 2021, 10:33 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
Singing in the cattails
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 27, 2021, 9:01 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
Singing at the conservation area
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 3, 2021, 10:44 a.m. -
Red-winged Blackbird
Singing into a cattail microphone
Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: March 3, 2021, 10:44 a.m.