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Cape Cod National Seashore
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Park Headquarters: 99 Marconi Site Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667

Phone: (508) 349 3785 Fax: (508) 349 9052

E-mail: e-mail us

When requesting written material to arrive by US Postal Service, please include a complete mailing address with your e-mail request for information.

Salt Pond Visitor Center, Eastham phone: (508) 255 3421

Province Lands Visitor Center, Provincetown phone: (508) 487 1256

Typha latifolia (common cattail)  

Did You Know?
Most of the cattails on Cape Cod are an exotic, invasive species. While Typha latifolia (common cattail) is native, Typha angustifolia (narrowleaf cattail) is a Eurasian plant that is believed to have been brought to North America by the early colonists.

Last Updated: September 29, 2006 at 11:54 EST