Why do cattails explode? In the fall, cattails send energy down to their shallow rhizomes, producing an excellent source of food starch. The ribbonlike leaves die, but the brown flower heads stand tall. They may
This attractive invasive plant kills sedges, cattails, and bulrush, thus crowding out native plants that provide food and cover for waterfowl (OMNRF 2022). First introduced from Eurasia in the early nineteenth century via contaminated solid cargo ship ballast and later imported deliberately as an ...
I know that it is expected that I should grumble at an April snowfall… … but instead I caught giant snowflakes on my tongue and smiled. Behind The Willows… … where the books are plentiful, the ladies are headstrong and the man is outnumbered. ...