After being harvested, the tule stems or cattail leaves were laid on the ground and dried in the sun. |
The river channel meanders through wide tidal freshwater marshes of cattail and sedges, with stands of saltmarsh cordgrass along the upper banks. |
The other species present included cattail, partridge pea and American germander. |
Larvae of Ae. cinereus were most frequently collected in water filled depressions along margins of sedge and cattail marshes. |
Water plants abound, including a cattail, a realistic palm tree, and other vegetation. |
Fertilizer in irrigation runoff has caused the normally small cattail patches to spread densely over thousands of acres. |