Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense)
The field horsetail is the surviving member of a breed of plants which ruled the world in the dinosaur age. It can grow on heavily polluted soil where no other plants can grow.
As weed it is very difficult te get rid of. The roots can grow to 3m deep in the ground and it is insensitive to many herbicides.
Picture taken with my mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy S). No software editing done except some cropping. I am impressed by the sharpness of this miniature lens and sensor.
"Equisetum arvense" is a herbaceous perennial plant, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. It has separate sterile non-reproductive and fertile spore-bearing stems, growing from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system.
Similar species: Horsetails
By Joost Thissen
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Uploaded Apr 21, 2012. Captured Apr 6, 2012 12:32 in Erica, 5684 Best, The Netherlands.
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