Horsetail, Snake Grass, Puzzlegrass

There are over 30 species in the ancient genus of plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds like other vascular plants. It is sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" about a million years old. Once established in a landscape as a weed, it can be very, very difficult to eradicate.

 

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Equisetum arvense Field Horsetail
E. hyemale Horsetail
   
   
   

 

 
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