A Year in the Valley

A Year in the Valley

Discovering the flora and fauna in a small square of Portmellon Valley

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  • Water Horsetail (Equisteum fluviatile)

    Water Horsetail (Equisteum fluviatile)

    This is quite an odd looking plant. We had noticed this, ribbed bright green stalk with junctions. At the junctions rings of upward pointing green branchlets can grow. Or the stems can remain bare of branches. I have read that it is the fertile plants that don’t have branches, but I’ve also read that branches occur in nutrient-rich places. Water Horsetail has a rounded cone, whereas Marsh Horsetail has a pointed cone. The cones turn black in June-July when the spores ripen. It likes a wet habitat – shallow water, damp ground and watermeadows.

    Daisy D

    20 June 2023
    Aquatic and other plants
    Water Horsetail

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