Outdoor Professsor's Tips

Hello, I'm the OUTDOOR PROFESSOR from DiscoveringTheOutdoors.com/ Here's your outdoor tip on cattails. The cattail is one of the most common plants in large marshes and on the edge of ponds. It is called the wetlands supermarket by many people. White, dense, and furry cigar-shaped seed heads sit at the top of very long stalks. There are two common species in the United states—broad-leaved cattail and narrow-leaved cattail. Their flat-blade leaves reach heights from3 to 10 feet. Both can be propagated by rhizomes or seed dispersion. Hybrid and Southern cattail are also other varieties found in the United States. Cattails like shallow, flooded conditions establishing themselves in 1 to1.5 foot of water. Pollinated flowers develop into fluffy seed heads that blow through the air. They spread through their root systems with thick white roots called rhizomes. Large amounts of food are stored in the root system and the dense foliage and debris from the old plants make it difficult for completing plant specie