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Field Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Photo by blackicecc
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42.4619, -77.3537

Field Notes

Description:

Lacking in chlorophyll, these were only the early, fertile stems. Totally brown in color with 1 or 2 whorls of tiny dark leaves hugged each stem. The head was somewhat cone-like, white with brown spotting.

Habitat:

Edge of a pond, wet ground.

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