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CATTAIL
FAMILY
TYPHACEAE
This group
of aquatic plants is popularly known as Cattails,
and are found growing wild in rivers and ponds of
temperate and tropical regions. Aptly named, these
plants from North America, Europe and West Asia have
velvety chocolate flowers that look like "cat tails."
They can grow as tall as 8', and blends well with
the other vertical plants at the back of your pond.
Cattails like still or slow moving water and spreads
rapidly. they provides a perfect spawning ground and
shelter for fish.
Their
plentiful cylindrical blooms throughout the summer
can be used for unusual indoor arrangements, and
you can harvest the long, linear, dark green leaves,
let them dry and weave them into mats and/or bags.
Some people even substitute the white floss from
the blooms for down as filling for cushions and
pillows.
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