26 - Willow Slough North Bridge - Tule & Cattail

This bridge takes you across Willow Slough. Some of the plants growing thickly in the slough are tule. The Miwok Indians wove the tules into mats for sleeping, flooring, and cigar-shaped rafts called balsas. Cattails are also seen in the slough. The cattail is a perennial plant with stout stems growing 4 to 7 feet high.