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Journaling:
Thankfully, we have an abun dance of cattails growing near the back pond, which makes for an easy study. We visited the patch 12/9/10 and discovered several new things about cattails. It was a cold, lighly snowy day. We found our cattails were narrow leaved and, of course, growing near a water source. We surmised that the usual mode of spreading the seeds is through the water. We also learned that the flower spike of the cattail looks nearly the same in “full bloom” as it does when it is first growing. We found that the flower does float. The stalk near the base of the plant is very rigid, while very flexible further up. The leaves had vertical, parallel veins. We’re enjoying our bundle-up outdoor sessions!
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January 8, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Loved your scrapbook style nature journal entry for your winter cattails. We enjoyed watching our cattails through all four seasons last year so I hope you will take time each season to observe and compare since it is very interesting.
Thanks so much for sharing your link.
January 9, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Phyllis
Beautiful photos. You are lucky to have cattails so close.