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reedmace

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Noun1.reedmace - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of downreedmace - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
cattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes


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Typha is also known as cattail, punks, bulrush, reedmace or corndog grass.
The stems of reedmace shuddered with his subaquatic probings and the zigzagging lines of bubbles seemed to solidify on their journey upwards, breaking the surface like fragments of ice.
Only the hardy emergent species such as common reed and reedmace can survive in these conditions, eventually leading to poor habitat diversity.
 
 
 
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