At this stage of its life cycle, it resembles some type of strange mutant asparagus, and the young shoots are edible but not recommended due to the plant's high silica content. As it matures, it will send out hair-like sub-branches at each node along the stem. At full growth, it looks like a giant green bottle brush! In fact, Horsetails can be used as scrubbers for your pots and pans.
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Common Horsetail, Equisetum Arvense
At this stage of its life cycle, it resembles some type of strange mutant asparagus, and the young shoots are edible but not recommended due to the plant's high silica content. As it matures, it will send out hair-like sub-branches at each node along the stem. At full growth, it looks like a giant green bottle brush! In fact, Horsetails can be used as scrubbers for your pots and pans.
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Common Horsetail,
Equisetum arvense
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