The plant: Where I grew up in Connecticut, cattails edged ponds where I’d watch salamanders gliding just under the water’s surface. Each fall, along with dried corn stalks and burnt-orange pumpkins, ...

Question: What can you tell me about cattails? Are they good or bad? I have some in my pond. Answer: In this case, cattails can be both “good” or “bad” – depending on your point of view. Some people ...

Question: I have a question about vegetation in ponds. I live in a golfing community that has several ponds in which I fish daily for bass. The largest of these ponds has cattails growing at an ...