Editing Typha (section)

===Agriculture===
The seeds have a high [[linoleic acid]] content and can be used to feed cattle and chickens.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Reed|first=E.|author2=Marsh, L. C. |title=The Cattail Potential|journal=Chemurgic Digest|year=1955|volume=14|series=3|pages=9, 18}}</ref>
They can also be found in African countries like Ghana.

Harvesting cattail  removes nutrients from the wetland that would otherwise return via the decomposition of decaying plant matter.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cicek|first1=N.|last2=Lambert|first2=S.|last3=Venema|first3=H.D.|last4=Snelgrove|first4=K.R.|last5=Bibeau|first5=E.L.|last6=Grosshans|first6=R.|date=June 2006|title=Nutrient removal and bio-energy production from Netley-Libau Marsh at Lake Winnipeg through annual biomass harvesting|journal=Biomass and Bioenergy|volume=30|issue=6|pages=529–536|doi=10.1016/j.biombioe.2005.12.009|bibcode=2006BmBe...30..529C |issn=0961-9534}}</ref> Floating mats of cattails remove nutrients from [[eutrophication|eutrophied bodies of freshwater]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-01|title=The Floating Bioplatforms of IISD-ELA|url=https://www.iisd.org/ela/blog/research-highlights/floating-bioplatforms/|access-date=2020-06-22|website=IISD Experimental Lakes Area}}</ref>