Cattails, typha angustifolia (narrow leaf) or typha latifolia (broad leaf), have a distinct look at the edge of ponds and are wetland plants. The flower head is a spike and shaped like a long cylinder ...

Question: I have a question about vegetation in ponds. I live in a golfing community that has several ponds in which I fish daily for bass. The largest of these ponds has cattails growing at an ...

Question: I have a question about vegetation in ponds. I live in a golfing community that has several ponds in which I fish daily for bass. The largest of these ponds has cattails growing at an ...

Claim to fame: Cattails are one of the best-known aquatic plants in Missouri and throughout much of North America. These tall, shallow-water plants with their familiar brown cylindrical seed-heads can ...