Field Horsetail – Root System

Field Horsetail – Root System

Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense L. An upright perennial spreading by deep, dark underground rhizomes and with two distinct above ground shoots . The first to emerge is a grey-brown unbranched, hollow, jointed shoot with toothed sheaths and with a terminal...
Field Horsetail – Mature Plant

Field Horsetail – Mature Plant

Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense L. An upright perennial spreading by deep, dark underground rhizomes and with two distinct above ground shoots . The first to emerge is a grey-brown unbranched, hollow, jointed shoot with toothed sheaths and with a terminal...
Field Horsetail – Shoots

Field Horsetail – Shoots

Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense L. An upright perennial spreading by deep, dark underground rhizomes and with two distinct above ground shoots . The first to emerge is a grey-brown unbranched, hollow, jointed shoot with toothed sheaths and with a terminal...
Bracken Fern – Fronds

Bracken Fern – Fronds

Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. Reproduces by spores and dark, spreading underground rhizomes. Emerging fronds are hairy and fiddlehead-like  but unfold into compound fronds that are triangular in outline on long woody...
Bracken Fern – Emerging Frond

Bracken Fern – Emerging Frond

Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. Reproduces by spores and dark, spreading underground rhizomes. Emerging fronds are hairy and fiddlehead-like  but unfold into compound fronds that are triangular in outline on long woody...
Bracken Fern – Infestation

Bracken Fern – Infestation

Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. Reproduces by spores and dark, spreading underground rhizomes. Emerging fronds are hairy and fiddlehead-like  but unfold into compound fronds that are triangular in outline on long woody...