Cattails Traditional Cache
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A small camoed container with a great view of the Interpretive Centre.
Both cattails and bulrushes are commonly found in wetlands. They are both water-loving plants that contribute in filtering the water and providing food and shelter to many species.
People often confuse cattails and bulrushes. However these plants are two different species belonging to two different families.
Cattails, in North America, refers to the Typha family of plants, whereas bulrushes refers to plants of the Scirpus family. However, in the UK, the Typha is called bulrush and the Scirpus is called Club-rush….
Typha down was also used to line moccasins, provide bedding, diapers, baby powder, and papoose boards. Today some people still use Typha down to stuff clothing items and pillows and even to fill life vests The disintegrating heads of Typha are used by some birds to line their nests. The downy material can also be used as tinder for starting fires. The seed head of the plant can be dipped in wax then lit as a candle. The stem serving as a wick.
Typha can be used as a source of ethanol, instead of cereals. They have the advantage that they do not require much, if any, maintenance. Experiments have indicated that Typha is able to remove the poisonous element arsenic from drinking water. Such a filtration system may be one way to provide cheap water filtration for people in developing nations.
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