Welcome to Station 15

Cattails and tules need a yearlong wet environment, preferably in several feet of fresh or slightly brackish water, as in the freshwater channels. Cattails have female flowers that look like cigars, or a cat's tail, while tules have flower clusters near the tips of the stems. Muskrats eat the cattail roots, stalks and shoots, while Marsh Wrens weave nests from the down. In April, the strange mating call of the American Bittern (a declining species of heron) is sometimes heard from within the clusters, sounding like a broken water pump!

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