The Living Forest (37) : Horsetail
In the forest wild flowers, plants, herbs and ferns have started growing again.
This leafless stalk is the early spring stage of the Horsetail (reduced leaves will appear later on).
In fact, Horsetail is the only (!) surviving genus of the entire class Equisetopsida, which for over one hundred million years was very diverse and dominated the forests all over the world with some large trees reaching to 30 m tall.
Dutch name : Heermoes (syn. Akkerpaardestaart)
German name : Acker-Schachtelhalm
Latin name : Equisetum arvense
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Gaby Falkenberg 21/04/2009 19:47
Man muß sich schon tief bücken um diese kleinen,Naturschönheiten zu entdecken.Top Aufnahme,Mark.LG.Gaby
Pozer Katalin 19/04/2009 20:21
At first sight I believed it was a special fungus :-)I did not know this plant, thanks for infos and great shot.
Hugs, Kati
Canan Oner 19/04/2009 16:52
Loved the little flower accompanying the horse tail...Bautiful capture Mark..
Cheers,
Canan
Vitória Castelo Santos 18/04/2009 22:56
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Adele D. Oliver 18/04/2009 21:20
You had a great eye for this pretty plant - you captured it well in its habitat - sharp detail. I like the next stage all in green too - very delicate. We have them here - finally I know the english name for the Schachtelhalm.greetings, leAde
Ryszard Basta 18/04/2009 20:58
grossartig fotografiertadriano j faria 18/04/2009 20:03
Its always good to se a new borning life.exçellent macro,with a great ligth and sharpness!!
Adriano.
Ayse Nalan Yasin 18/04/2009 19:29
Wonderful picture. Perfect details..Greetings
Ayse
j.a.j.jansen m. 18/04/2009 19:20
A great image and very good in detail, well done.Jan.
Deryck 18/04/2009 18:30
Very good picture Mark. I like the interesting documentation too. It looks as if there may be an itch involved in brushing past those leaves :-))Deryck
Susann Pählike 18/04/2009 18:21
Eine schöne Detailaufnahme von dem Schachtelhalm.Er ist ein sehr schönes Motiv,vor allem wenn er größer ist und morgens voll hängt mit Tautropfen.LG Susann
Gunther Hasler 18/04/2009 17:37
Jetzt kann man sie wieder entdecken diese eigenartigen "Blüten" des Acker-Schachtelhalms. Noch interessanter mit der Info dazu! Man kann sich evtl. erinnern an manchen Film aus dieser Frühzeit, mit den aus unserer heutigen Sicht etwas eigenartigen Bäumen...LG Gunther
Heinz Janovsky 18/04/2009 14:17
Sehr schön gesehen und festgehalten.Gruß Heinz
Josef Kainz 18/04/2009 13:51
Sehr schön festgehalten gefällt mirlg. josef
† Ushie Farkas 18/04/2009 13:04
Ich bin begeistert,Mark,ich liebe die kleinen Dinge ! Salut Ushie