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cattail

used by da Vinci as symbol of humility. [Plant Symbol-ism: Embolden, 25]
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Durrance advocates a no-holds-barred approach to ridding cattails from the lake.
Biologists are placing their faith in the cattail's natural foes to help cut through thick stands and contain the future spread of the plant.
Last year, it was while tromping out to a late-season duck hole through thick, tinder-dry cattails. The weather and winds from earlier in the month stripped most of the fuzz away, leaving a sea of needle sharp reeds.
The cattail plant is often used at the edges of bodies of water to help stabilize the shoreline.
"I also see that Reba saves a lot of energy by running under and through the cattails instead of up and over them like thesel does.
This knowledge may help to understand the Cattail biology in natural wetlands and how to cope with the problems related to high density species, harmful to local biodiversity and human activities.
We calculated richness as the sum of the number of woody plants (including cattail) at a site.
Cattail also cast a cleat used to attach the front axle pedestal to the boiler.
The store, created by Betty Tian Ping (who originates from Hubin), is a way to both share the technique of cattail plaiting with the world, and also to preserve her local community in Shandong, as well as their ancient traditions which are fast becoming lost in a heavily modernized world.
The images were plenty good to convince any doubters that the Cattail Valley "ghost" really did exist.
allowed new cattail marshes to form behind diversion dams and secondary channels.
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