reedmace

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reedmace - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, Typha latifolia

cattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes

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Reedmace, otherwise known as cat-tail, are the tall plants that grow around the edges of large ponds and lakes, with long thin strap-like leaves that spike at the end.

All-year-round food of the foraging world; IN SEASON WITH SADIE PARKER OF THE NATIONAL TRUST

"And there is some reedmace growing along the side."

HOT, SORE AND TIRED - BUT STILL CYCLING TO AFRICA

Harrison (23) of Reedmace Close, Kings Norton, who admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception and interfering with the mail, was also put on a community rehabilitation order for two years.

Postman had 20,000 items in his home

They eat grasses, herbs, soft rush, and reedmace, as well as ivy, bramble and blackthorn.

LENDING A HELPING HOOF ON THE LAND

Pictures, clockwise from main: a shy roe deer peeps out from behind a tree; a blue tit flies off from its nest; a carpet of bluebells in the shade of the woodland; reedmace glistens in the morning dew; a fly comes to rest on a primrose

CULTURE: Getting back to nature

In the fresh marshes and saltmarshes sea club-rush (Scirpus maritimus), bulrush (Schoenoplectus lacustris), reedmace (Typha latifolia), and various species of rush (Juncus) grow.