Cattails

Wild Edible Scavenger Hunt

Cattails

Gray, Maine 04039, United States

Created By: Gray New Gloucester High School

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Edible Parts

The lower parts of the leaves can be used in a salad; the young stems can be eaten raw or boiled; the young flowers (cattails) can be roasted. Yellow pollen (appears mid-summer) of the cattail can be added to pancakes for added nutrients.

This point of interest is part of the tour: Wild Edible Scavenger Hunt


 

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