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07-05-2008, 11:43 AM
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| | | Horse tail ID
Spotted these this morning in damp shaddy spot, can someone tell me their correct name and are there more than one species of Horse/Mares tails.
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07-05-2008, 06:47 PM
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| | | Re: Horse tail ID
Yours is Mares Tail Hippurus vulgaris I always think it looks very prehistoric and it is a lovely photo.
The other plant which grows in the water is Spiked water- milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum
In the old days botanists thought the mares- tail was the female form of the water horsetail  |
07-05-2008, 06:52 PM
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There are a number of species of mares-tail, but I couldn't say exactly how many.
Your phot is great, you really got down and dirty with them and they look very strange. |
07-05-2008, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mrs fish  Yours is Mares Tail Hippurus vulgaris | No, this is a species of Horsetail ( Equisetum). Mare's-tail is a flowering plant (horsetails are related to ferns) that grows in water. |
07-05-2008, 07:04 PM
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Wrong again, sorry  |
07-05-2008, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mrs fish Yours is Mares Tail Hippurus vulgaris I always think it looks very prehistoric and it is a lovely photo. | Hi
These are the emerging spikes of an Equisetum species. It looks quite large even at this early stage so it could be Giant Horsetail , E.telmatiae but until it is more advanced I reached the limit of my ability
It is a nice photo
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07-05-2008, 07:34 PM
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Many thank's one and all, they are growing in a wet place, well shadded by trees, and yes i got wet feet (you'd think i would have learnt by now).
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