Phragmites

Phragmites is ubiquitous in Salem County. I understand now that it's invasive, but no plant says "home" to me like this one. As kids we made teepee shelters out of them. They rose like a forest from the swamp and danced in the wind as we sunbathed on the dock. And every year when the dike wildfires burned, black tendrils of burned Phragmites fell like surreal snow.