The Gardens have 2 cattail, the Lesser Reedmacee (Narrowleaf Cattail) and the “Cattail,” also called Broad-Leaf Cattail.  Both are found on the border of ponds and waterways. A herb and a member of the Typhaceae Family, they initially grew by Kiosk 05, but now have spread about the Gardens. Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project finds their extinction possibility is slight; unlikely to be extinct soon as it is found in other areas of North America.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Typha+latifolia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBfIORVLNUA
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Typha latifolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha_latifolia
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TYLA
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-05.pdf
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typha_angustifolia
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Typha&Species=angustifolia&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Typha angustiofolia

Look for 2 types of Cattails in the Garden recognizable apart and/or together by one being:

taller
shoirter
narrow of leaf

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