A Horsetail (Equisetum) growing in a kind of bog in the tirolian Alps in Ausatria.

#alps #karwendel #hiking #horsetail #equisetum

πŸš€ ready to take off on

#WildflowerWednesday

( Equisetum arvense )

#Equisetum #Horsetail #Ackerschachtelhalm #BloomScrolling #Wildflowers #FlorisTonFil ⁨#Photography⁩ ⁨#Fotografie⁩ ⁨#Nature⁩ ⁨#NaturePhotography⁩ ⁨#CloseUp⁩ ⁨#Macro⁩ ⁨#MakroMittwoch #Spores ⁨#Fern

#Equisetum (/ΛŒΙ›kwΙͺˈsiːtΙ™m/; horsetail) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.[2]
#Equisetum (/ΛŒΙ›kwΙͺˈsiːtΙ™m/; horsetail) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.[

Final #BristleconePines photos of #Wildflowers...

https://mdpaths.com/rrr/travel/california/bristlecone_pines/index.html

1) #paintbrush and unidentified purple tubular flowers

2) close ground cover with tiny flowers

3) #paintbrush with #equisetum of all things (at or near 10,000ft!)

#Plants #Flowers #NaturePhotography #RoadsideFlowers

Really quite impressive thicket of Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia) in this railway siding at Three Bridges. Fairly easy to ID even at a distance because it’s biiiig (1 metre tall or more) and has very pale, almost white jointed stems.

#Equisetum #VC13 #WestSussex #Crawley #ferns #horsetails