It also has a interesting ability to pull and concentrate silicates in its tissue which is pretty wild.
weaverlorelei
Such a cool plant, the dinosaur of the plant kingdom
Bubbly_Power_6210
great in moist places- full of silica- also called scouring rush. good pioneer dish scrubber. a holdover from the Jurassic- when it was a lot taller! a favorite plant of the author Oliver Sacks.
Aryya261
I love these
hot-sauce-on-my-cock
Pretty gneat!
Spiritual_Warrior777
Reminds me of my childhood where I saw a lot of them… I always wondered what they were. Haven’t seen them in decades
Bubbly_Power_6210
he was great! I have a small plant of this inside in his memory.
ArgyleNudge
We always called it snake grass because of the way it hisses when you walk through it.
nighttimegoddess
I love these ! I always loved taking them apart and putting them back together 😅
Kiiimbosliceee01
I saw these in my backyard today when I let my dog investigate the property.
noturus_mm
Love horsetails! Such a cool plant
Specialist-Web7854
Horse Tails. One of these randomly appeared in my garden in 2020, and now there are hundreds of them.
skamnodrog
Lego grass for me and my friends growing up in Ontario.
SpunkierthanYou
We called it snake grass. I don’t know why. Also, the segments pull apart.
Arkhaine187
Why does the leaf in the first picture look like a tiny woman is sat in it?! 😂😂
allahgandhi
Those make excellent one hooters when you forget papes take my word 🤙
Hoopajoops
Idk what they’re called.. but you can pull the sements apart, remove the light green portion, and turn it into a funny sounding whistle
slaveoth
japanese knotweed, stay away from this thing!
Jeravogel
These can be used as natural fine grit sandpaper btw
ennuiacres
Equisetum, horse tail, ancient plant that creates its own silica.
Tiny-Ad-830
They are beautiful when the “hair” is growing out pf tye crown though.
SeparateSpeaker6682
Horsetail! One of my favorite plants because of its seriously impressive adaptability and history.
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Horsetails. A very stubborn plant to remove.
*Equisetum* is a “[living fossil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_fossil)”, the only living genus of the entire [subclass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_(biology)) [Equisetidae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetidae), which for over 100 million years was much more diverse and dominated the [understorey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understorey) of late [Paleozoic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleozoic) forests. Some equisetids were large [trees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree) reaching to 30 m (98 ft) tall.
It also has a interesting ability to pull and concentrate silicates in its tissue which is pretty wild.
Such a cool plant, the dinosaur of the plant kingdom
great in moist places- full of silica- also called scouring rush. good pioneer dish scrubber. a holdover from the Jurassic- when it was a lot taller! a favorite plant of the author Oliver Sacks.
I love these
Pretty gneat!
Reminds me of my childhood where I saw a lot of them… I always wondered what they were. Haven’t seen them in decades
he was great! I have a small plant of this inside in his memory.
We always called it snake grass because of the way it hisses when you walk through it.
I love these ! I always loved taking them apart and putting them back together 😅
I saw these in my backyard today when I let my dog investigate the property.
Love horsetails! Such a cool plant
Horse Tails. One of these randomly appeared in my garden in 2020, and now there are hundreds of them.
Lego grass for me and my friends growing up in Ontario.
We called it snake grass. I don’t know why. Also, the segments pull apart.
Why does the leaf in the first picture look like a tiny woman is sat in it?! 😂😂
Those make excellent one hooters when you forget papes take my word 🤙
Idk what they’re called.. but you can pull the sements apart, remove the light green portion, and turn it into a funny sounding whistle
japanese knotweed, stay away from this thing!
These can be used as natural fine grit sandpaper btw
Equisetum, horse tail, ancient plant that creates its own silica.
They are beautiful when the “hair” is growing out pf tye crown though.
Horsetail! One of my favorite plants because of its seriously impressive adaptability and history.
Horse tail. Do not plant in your garden!