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Cattail at Dawn

The cattail is a member of the genuse Typha composed of about eleven species of flowering plants found mostly in wetland habitats These plants have many common names including catninetail, bulrush, reedmace, cumbungi, raupo, punks, or corn dog grass. Their rhizomes are edible, being used as food as early as 30,000 years ago in Europe. The cattail also serves as food and shelter for a variety of wetland animals such as the muskrat which eats the roots and constructs feeding platforms and dens from the reeds. In this image, the cattail blossom has already partially gone to seed.

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The cattail is a member of the genuse Typha composed of about eleven species of flowering plants found mostly in wetland habitats These plants have many common names including catninetail, bulrush, reedmace, cumbungi, raupo, punks, or corn dog grass. Their rhizomes are edible, being used as food as early as 30,000 years ago in Europe. The cattail also serves as food and shelter for a variety of wetland animals such as the muskrat which eats the roots and constructs feeding platforms and dens from the reeds. In this image, the cattail blossom has already partially gone to seed.