Found in Minnesota lakes and wetlands, native cattails provide many benefits.

These lovely days of May have spurred me to spend significant time wandering the trails that wind through my woods and wetlands. It's been delightful to spot wee warblers on the wing and watch the ...

One of the more common wetland plants in our area that everyone seems to know are cattails. The scientific nomenclature for the common or broad leaf cattail is Typha latifolia. A now very common, ...

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 ...

Sometimes disliked because of their invasive dominance in lakes or wetlands, widespread cattail plants are also useful in many ways. Several parts of the plants are edible and nutritious, providing ...

A new study has discovered that muskrats may play a role in controlling invasive cattail plants in the Great Lakes.