Mary MacADNski: To certain animals, a main food source. I have two muskrats in the pond and they eat it. I see bundles in their mouths every day, swimming across the pond.
I remember when I first found out the Brits call these bullrushes...like in the Bible (King James Version?)! We call them cattails, too, Mary. I've never seen one go to seed quite like this, however!
Mary MacADNski: They do this over the winter and some are still standing in the spring. Sometimes they fall onto the pond while ice is forming and get stuck and frozen in there making it a hazard for ice skating.
Great picture, I have been reading the comments, now I know what's called...I know it is dangerous when this freezes into the ice...
Love the clours though.
We will have to stop this thinking of each other thing, Mary...[grin]
Today I mentioned you and your beach in my response to mal's stunning picture.
Mary MacADNski: Yes, I had a photo of old pylons a while back from up the road but for some reason it didn't turn out like mal's. It had colour for one.
BTW...thank you! I like this picture a lot.
Like the cattail [aka bullrush, aka cumbungi].
Love the tree corpse in the background...toppled rather inelegantly into the water.
Mary MacADNski: I got my feet wet to take this and only snapped twice. It's not a great photo but got the point across. - Cattails or bullrushes are cool at this stage.
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