Cattails are the iconic swamp plant; most of us know that when we see cattails growing along a road or at the end of a meadow there will be the squishy muck of a marsh beneath. In the depths of winter ...

When it comes to cattails, I thought I had the subject pretty well covered. I had led many field trips to cattail marshes and conducted wetland seminars on the subject. And yet, totally by accident, I ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Two species of cattail reeds, the common cattail (Typha latifolia) and the narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia), were once common in the wetlands in and around Staten ...

Last week, several old Middleton Stream Teamers of the Ipswich River Watershed finally visited a marsh in the headwaters of the Saugus River just down the road in Lynnfield. They’d passed it just out ...

The Union County engineer's office is preparing to tackle a problem that might have been caused 100 years ago. The county commissioners gave engineer Jeff Stauch the go-ahead last month to begin ...

I was at a home a number of years ago where I was invited by a member of the Kiwanis, an excellent service group, to see how this gentleman had worked with the conditions in his yard to provide a ...

Cattails are one of the most common wild foods. But it never occurred to me to actually eat them until I saw the young, pale, green-and-white, leek-shaped shoots at the Thursday Market in the South ...

It's interesting to compare an illustration showing the geology of this preserve with the illustrated trail map. The land made up of muck (Carlisle and Palms Muck) is a swampy forest with lots of high ...

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 ...

Black bear hibernating in a cattail swamp. Despite apparent deep sleep, bears are always alert to danger and ready to act. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

Harley, a year-old beagle, had been howling and crying for hours as he lay trapped in high cattails in a muddy swamp in Stony Creek. Then he fell silent, exhausted. Brown and white with floppy ears, ...

A green heron in the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge Courtesy of Flickr user RickyNJ One of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge's walkways at sunset Courtesy of Keith Survell via Flickr ...