Nonnative and hybrid cattails are a non-regulated Class C noxious weed. This means due to how widespread it is, property owners are not required to control this species on their property, though it is ...

Most readers have seen cattails — those wetland plants with long narrow leaves and brown sausage-shaped fruits, which grow in two-parted spikes, small green male flowers above and separated by a gap ...

Cattails have been described as the grocery store of the wild because every part of the plant is edible. During the growing season, three of these parts -- shoots, flowers and pollen -- provide easily ...

ST. PAUL -- Walk along most any lake or wetland in southern Minnesota and chances are you'll see lots of cattails. But look closer, and you may not like what's happening. Where native cattails once ...

As the leaves come down, we begin to notice plants such as cattails that will persist into winter and perhaps until spring. Native cattails have long provided food, shelter, medicine, and more to ...

Invasive hybrid cattails are removed to evaluate impacts on fish habitat. Researchers remove invasive hybrid cattails from six test sites to evaluate the impacts on water quality and fish habitat. The ...

Question: What can you tell me about cattails? Are they good or bad? I have some in my pond. Answer: In this case, cattails can be both “good” or “bad” – depending on your point of view. Some people ...

Cattails, typha angustifolia (narrow leaf) or typha latifolia (broad leaf), have a distinct look at the edge of ponds and are wetland plants. The flower head is a spike and shaped like a long cylinder ...

A few people have written lately asking how to get rid of cattails in the wet areas of their landscapes, including reader J.P., who says they are spreading into the tree line. Of the three species of ...

Native to North America and parts of Europe and Asia, cattails are an easy-growing aquatic perennial plant that feels right at home in wetlands and boggy soil. They add a bold vertical presence to ...

As the leaves come down, we begin to notice plants such as cattails that will persist into winter and perhaps until spring. Native cattails have long provided food, shelter, medicine, and more to ...