reedmace


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Related to reedmace: cattail, Common cattail
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Noun 1. [画像:reedmace - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down]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
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.
5 Protected areas and biosphere reserves in the littoral zone

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