If you've ever been to a lake, pond, swamp, or other contained body of water, odds are you've come across cattail plants. The typha latifolia, also known as bulrushes or water sausages, are an ...

A day for volunteers to help plant cattails in Lake Mitchell has been scheduled for May 14 at Lake Mitchell. Volunteers will gather at the Sportsman Boat Ramp and work from 9 a.m. to noon, planting ...

Cat-o-nine-tails, reedmace, bulrush, water torch, candlewick, punk, and corn dog grass. The cattail has almost as many names as it has uses. Humans have taken their cue from the animals over the ...

Though cattails are found growing in all parts of the world, the ones commonly found in Illinois include the common cattail (latifolis), the narrow-leaved cattail (angustifolia) and the hybrid cattail ...

If you live anywhere in the United States near marshlands or ponds, the cattail is a summertime staple. Known by science as the Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia), these species of edible plant have ...

I spent too much time this past weekend trying to get a great action shot of the red-winged blackbirds at my neighbor’s pond. You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this ...

In March I wrote about exploring three beaver ponds at my grandparent’s old farm property in New Hampshire. With the late winter ground and water still frozen it was easy for me to explore the edges ...

Domestic cats are common in Leon County. Today’s couch ornament is a far cry from its immediate ancestors which were valued for their pest control skills. These feline predators prowled barns, ...