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Common reed growing in a swamp area at the brink of Arresø which is the largest freshwater lake in Denmark and situated northwest of Copenhagen. This is very close to Frederiksværk, which is a small-town northwest of Copenhagen. The common reed is traditional utilized for thatched roofs in Denmark in former times.

Floating Islands on Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru, South America,thatched home. Dense root that plants interweave form natural layer called Khili about one to two meters thick that support islands

Nature background - close-up of dense elephant grass (miscanthus), grown as an alternative to fossil fuels (used as raw material for making pelets).

The floating reed islands of Los Uros on Lake Titicaca in the Puno region of Peru

Detail of a woman with a smartphone in her hands and a wooden walkway in the background

Dry grass and field background, gold color, grass texture

$Tall, tufted, hairless perennial to 2m; stem base corn-like. Leaves mostly basal, linear, dark greyish-green, flat, 3-6mm wide; leaf-sheaths closed at the throat. Flowering stems about two-thirds the length of the leaves, the female dark reddish-brown, becoming mottled with age, clearly separated from the male flowers by a gap of 3-8cm.\nHabitat: Freshwater margins, swamps, often forming extensive patches.\nFlowering Season: July-August.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe, north to C Scandinavia.\n\nUsed in some countries for thatching roofs.\n\nThe Species is less common than Bulrush (Typha latifolia) in the Netherlands.$