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This was growing along the A.T. near Rt 55 in New York.

Comments for Horsetails (6)

  1. #1 Disney
    This is an uneducated guess, but it looks to me like a form of bamboo. Funny, I remember seeing that about a year ago. It was very out of place.
  2. #2 Doctari
    Re: What is this?
    I think, its Reeds, a form of grass, so, in the same family as Bamboo, but different somehow. Don't know how. It do grow here in Ohio tho, the 2 pictures of it look identical to the grove I know of on my favorite MtBike trail.
  3. #3 Lobo
    This plant is called Horsetails or Scouring Rushes. They have been around for 300 million years and at one time reached a height of almost 100 feet. Today Horsetails only grow a maxium of 5 ft. They are usually found along streams and other moist places. The plants store silica (sand) and can be used to scrub dishes along the stream.
  4. #4 Birdny
    Thanks for the responses!
  5. #5 Gorp-Gobbler
    Re: Horsetails
    Saw this plant along the creek I frequented as a kid out in Ohio. We always called in Snake Grass because it seems there were always garter snakes around it.
  6. #6 berkshirebirder
    Re: Horsetails
    Lobo's right. Horsetails is an old, old plant. It is not a grass or bamboo but is in its own family of plants.