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Floating Cattails

Posted by Patrick Lawlor,
North Country explorer from Amherst, Massachusetts
April 10, 2013

This is a photo of some standing cattails off the side of the road when heading towards Ogdensburg from Canton. They're not growing because it is still cold, but they remained standing throughout the entire winter. Cattails are a wetland plant, most commonly found in large marshes or at the edge of ponds. They can grow as tall as ten feet.