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Post by rowanberry on Sept 14, 2016 19:31:07 GMT
We saw these today on a short walk in Lee Valley Park, Hertfordshire. Both growing near water, the flowering plant was slightly pinkish, (which doesn't show very well in the photo- it appears white) and grew right down to the edge of a stream...there was another flowering variety in the upper left corner of the right-hand photo...more purple with upright flowers. The other plant, non-flowering with pine needle-like leaves and more prehistoric-looking was near the lake but on drier ground. Unidentified Plant 01 Sept 2016 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Unidentified Plant 02 Sept 2016 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr
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Post by aeshna5 on Sept 15, 2016 4:47:35 GMT
First two photos show the invasive Himalayan Balsam (with Purple Loosestrife in RH photo).
Below Great Horsetail, Equisetum telmateia- very ancient plants around when dinosaurs ruled the earth!
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Post by rowanberry on Sept 19, 2016 8:20:06 GMT
Thanks, Aeshna- I did like the horsetail.... it was very impressive, and I can well imagine a herd of brontosauruses grazing amongst it!
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Post by NellyDee on Sept 21, 2016 8:38:29 GMT
Great Horsetail is a nightmare trying to control it. I have a great swathe of it on the lower ground and now it's in the borders of the garden area, trouble is it stops anything else growing.
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Post by aeshna5 on Sept 21, 2016 19:19:16 GMT
Yours isn't Great Horsetail Nelly. Looks more like Field Horsetail, but not the best of images.
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Post by NellyDee on Sept 22, 2016 8:44:24 GMT
Thanks aeshna always just called it B......Horsetail. Nice to have it's rightful name. This is it in the border - Horse Tail3 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by aeshna5 on Sept 22, 2016 17:20:24 GMT
Seeing your latest image I think it's Equisetum sylvaticum which is more common in your part of the world than down here.
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Post by NellyDee on Sept 23, 2016 8:17:09 GMT
Oh thank you. Woodland Horsetail:) That figures as I am surrounded by woodland. Loved reading up about it and its 'old' medicinal use.
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