Typha angustifolia was FOUND
Team B kids are happy because we think we have discovered a species called the narrow leaved cattail. As we were walking through the large and grassy path we spotted a perfect patch of grass with a cattail sticking out of it. The cattail was aleast two meters tall, with a dead cattail sprouting from the top. We could smell the swampy water from a small rain water pond and we could see a large hilly trail up ahead. We had not even gone far from the school and found a good specimen to exam.
We think we found a narrow leaf cattail be cause it was a little under two meters tall and it was said to be max two meters tall on our type description. We could tell that it was a narrowed leaved cattail and not a broad leafed cattail because Patrick was over in the corner blabbing and blurting like a little girl that he found broad leaved cattail and ours was different from his. I was hoping that the teachers pet didn't screw up again, because that would also make us screw ups. I am always nice and dignified unlike any others of my group members. (Those silly peasants)
We think we found a narrow leaved cattail because the leaves were exactly 1 cm and that also fit the type description. Patrick was yelling at the small rain water pond that the length of his leaves also fit his type description so. I thought we were on the right track.
We think we found a narrow leaved cattail because there was a huge ugly dead cattail sitting on the top of the stem. It seemed to have spread its seeds and I saw one on Brady’s face and that is icky because it spreads plants cooties.
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plant cooties
Plant 'cooties' aren't such a bad thing! :)
The leaves do look narrow, which makes me think you are probably correct, but to make a definitive statement, we need to see the flowering parts... Is there a space between the female flowering part (the fat brown part that was spreading the cooties on your friend's face) and the male part that sits above it.
Keep looking! Have fun!