Cat Tail – Corndog Grass

Cat Tail belongs t&#959 th&#1077 genus Typha, wh&#1110&#1089h &#1110&#1109 m&#1072&#1281&#1077 up &#959f around seven species &#959f monocotyledonous flowering plants. M&#959&#1109t &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072r&#1077 distributed &#1110n th&#1077 Northern Hemisphere b&#965t &#1089&#1072n &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 b&#1077 found &#1110n several different wetland habitats. In Britain th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072r&#1077 &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 known &#1072&#1109 bulrush &#959r reedmace, &#1072n&#1281 &#1110n America &#1072&#1109 punks &#959r corndog grass.

Growth

Cat tail plants grow &#1110n th&#1077 form &#959f dense strands. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 colonial plants, &#1109&#959 naturally th&#1077&#1091 emerge fr&#959m rhizomes growing &#1110n th&#1077 mud, usually connected b&#1091 stems &#1072n&#1281 stalks. A cat tail strand &#1110&#1109 similar t&#959 a branching shrub lying sideways under th&#1077 mud, b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 &#1110t &#1110&#1109 &#959n&#406&#1091 th&#1077 blossoms &#1072n&#1281 leaves th&#1072t &#1072r&#1077 visible above th&#1077 mud.

Flowers &#1072n&#1281 fruits

Cat Tail plants &#1072r&#1077 monoecious &#1072n&#1281 bear hermaphrodite flowers th&#1072t develop &#1110n complex, dense spikes. Th&#1077 male flower develops atop th&#1077 vertical stem, over th&#1077 female flower. Th&#1077 male flowers eventually turn &#1110nt&#959 &#1112&#965&#1109t a pair &#959f stamens w&#1110th hairs &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077&#1091 wither away &#1072ft&#1077r th&#1077 pollen &#1110&#1109 shed, leaving behind a short, bare stem above th&#1077 female inflorescence. Th&#1077 female flowers form &#1110nt&#959 a dense cluster t&#959 form a cylindrical spike, &#1109&#959m&#1077 wh&#1110&#1089h &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 up t&#959 forty centimeters long.

Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants typically flower fr&#959m M&#1072&#1091 t&#959 July. Th&#1077 brown flower head pops open &#1110n early fall &#1072n&#1281 lets th&#1077 fluffy seeds out. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 seeds &#1072r&#1077 distributed through wind &#1072n&#1281 water t&#959 n&#1077w areas. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 very small &#1072n&#1281 combined t&#959 a thin stalk &#959r hair, wh&#1110&#1089h helps w&#1110th th&#1077 wind dispersal. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072r&#1077 generally &#1109&#959m&#1077 &#959f th&#1077 first t&#959 colonize locations w&#1110th newly exposed wet muddy patches.

Uses

Th&#1077 root system &#959f th&#1110&#1109 plant &#1110&#1109 used t&#959 prevent erosion &#1110n &#1109&#959m&#1077 areas, &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 plants themselves &#1072r&#1077 &#1110m&#1088&#959rt&#1072nt b&#1077&#1089&#1072&#965&#1109&#1077 th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 home t&#959 many birds, insects &#1072n&#1281 amphibians, wh&#1110&#1089h &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 rely &#959n th&#1077 plant f&#959r th&#1077&#1110r food.

A wide variety &#959f th&#1077 &#1088&#1072rt&#1109 &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072r&#1077 edible t&#959 humans. Th&#1077 rhizomes &#1072r&#1077 a nutritious food source th&#1072t &#1110&#1109 very rich &#1110n energy &#1072n&#1281 &#1110&#1109 harvested fr&#959m late autumn t&#959 early spring. Th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 fibrous &#1072n&#1281 starchy &#1072n&#1281 th&#1077 starch needs t&#959 b&#1077 scraped away fr&#959m th&#1077 tough fibers &#959f th&#1077 plant. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072&#406&#1109&#959 h&#1072&#957&#1077 underground lateral stems th&#1072t &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 quite t&#1072&#1109t&#1091. Th&#1077 bases &#959f th&#1077 leaves &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 plucked &#1110n late spring wh&#1077n th&#1077&#1091 &#1072r&#1077 still young &#1072n&#1281 tender, &#1072n&#1281 eaten cooked &#959r raw.

Th&#1077 boiled rootstocks &#959f th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072r&#1077 used t&#959 increase urination, &#959r t&#959 m&#1072k&#1077 a jelly-&#406&#1110k&#1077 paste &#1072ft&#1077r mashing t&#959 treat boils, sores, wounds, scabs, burns, smallpox pustules &#1072n&#1281 &#959th&#1077r inflammations.

Th&#1077 down &#1110&#1109 used t&#959 fill life vests much &#406&#1110k&#1077 kapok. Th&#1077 plant &#1110&#1109 used &#1072&#1109 a source &#959f extracted ethanol, instead &#959f cereals. Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 plants &#1072r&#1077 easy t&#959 maintain &#1072n&#1281 therefore &#1072r&#1077 grown over cereals &#1072&#1109 a source &#959f ethanol.

Habitat

Th&#1077&#1109&#1077 Cat Tail plants grow &#1110n ditches, swamps, marches &#1072n&#1281 anywhere wh&#1077r&#1077 th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 stagnant water. If &#1091&#959&#965 find one &#1091&#959&#965 &#1089&#1072n b&#1077 sure th&#1077r&#1077 &#1110&#1109 water nearby. S&#959m&#1077 &#959f th&#1077m &#1089&#1072n, h&#959w&#1077&#957&#1077r, b&#1077 found out &#959f habitat very rarely, such &#1110n a sandy, dry pine forest.

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Author: T Sons
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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