broad-leaved cumbungi
Typha orientalis
Aquatic
Basal
Simple
Brown
Green
Common names
Also known as:
cumbungi, Asian bulrush, broad-leaf cumbungi, bull rush, oriental bulrush , broad leaf bullrush,
Family
Typhaceae
Deciduous
No
Native/Exotic
Native
Origin
Native to eastern and south-eastern Asia (i.e. eastern Russia, China, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea), Australia and New Zealand.
Notifiable
No
Council declaration
SIL – Special Investigation List
Known distribution
In Australia, broad-leaved cumbungi (Typha orientalis) is found growing naturally in coastal and sub-coastal districts in the northern, eastern and south-eastern parts of the country. It is common and widespread in the northern parts of the Northern Territory, northern and eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania and south-eastern South Australia). Also native to Norfolk Island.
Widely naturalised in south-western Western Australia.
Impact and control methods
Can Cause flooding under certain conditions
