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Fairly common throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Nutrient rich ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, canals, estuaries, mudflats, floodplains, ditches, dykes, marshland etc. Growing habit: Rhizomatous Perennial. Flowers: July to August. Other names include: Reedmace, Broad-leaf Cat-tail, Common Bulrush, Common Cat-tail, Cat-o'-nine-tails, Great Reedmace, Cooper's Reed, Cumbungi. Height: Up to 3 m. Grows up to a water depth of 1 m. Seed dispersal method: Wind.