#common cattail

[that-crazy-scorpio-man]

I just learned something interesting about the common cattail (Typha latifolia):  it has two flowers.  The big brown part is the female one and the tip at the top is the male.  Got this info thanks to @wildandfree.mb on Instagram.  They also taught me that cattails filter toxins and are edible.  The more you know.

[ifelten]

Bredbladet dunhammer (Typha latifolia)

Efter at have stået ranke og sortbrune hele vinteren, eksploderer hunblomterne af bredbladet dunhammer i et snevejr af frø på en varm forårsdag. Vinden flår frøene af stænglerne i klumper og spreder disse. De næste dage hænger der dunhammerfrø overalt, på vegentation og store og små dyr - også menneskers tøj og fodtøj.

Bredbladet dunhammer etablerer sig på selv let våde steder med næringsrigt vand. Den ses derfor ofte også i det dyrkede land, på vandlidende marker, i drængrøfter og lave markskel.

 Bulrush or Great Reed Mace (Typha latifolia)

The erect, black-brown female flowers of the Bulrush explode on the first warm days in spring and create a snow-like scene. The wind rips the seeds of in lumps and scatter these in the air. During the next few days, the seeds stick to everything, vegetation, ssmal and large animals and even people’s clothes and footwear.

The Bulrush grows in shallow wetlands and areas with only small waterlogged patches. Thus, it’s often seen in waterlogged fields and drainage ditches..

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Common Cattail, seeds Typha sp. Typhaceae Family

Photographs taken on September 5, 2016 at Centennial Park, Toronto.