A patch of bulrushes at Fanshawe Conservation Area create some nice winter interest framed behind with the red dogwood branches.
© Sheila Creighton 2015
Bulrushes
Posted on by Sheila Creighton •
Posted in Nature
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Tagged browns, copyright, Fanshawe Conservation Area, London, photography, plants, red, sunny, winter interest, woods
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8 Comments
Great shot!
These are edible. Even the pollen can be used to make cakes. I’ve never eaten them, but, as kids, we used to love to light these and carry them around burning! 🙂
My mother grew up in Iowa, and she’s told me stories of doing the same thing — lighting them and using them as torches.
torches eh? that’s good to know. 🙂
thanks, Thomas – I’ve been on a foraging hike and the guide showed us how to eat the young stalks…tasty actually. 🙂
It seems that your bulrushes are our cattails. Now I’m wondering what plant was meant in the story about Moses being found in the bulrushes. I’d always assumed bulrushes were some exotic plant. More research is required!
I always thought they were the same thing, Linda. but maybe there are different kinds. 🙂
I love bullrushes (or cattails) in all seasons, such a nice line of them you have here.
thanks annerose! me too – they have such nice structure.