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Anne Elliott

Anne Elliott club

Posted: 23 May 2013

Taken: 21 May 2013

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1/500 • f/4.0 • 39.1 mm • ISO 100 •

Panasonic DMC-FZ200

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macro •
holds spores •
Grand Valley Rd •
Field Horsetail •
strobilus •
cone-like •
Common Horsetail •
NW of Cochrane •
NW of Calgary •
Horsetail •
Equisetum arvense •
Alberta •
Canada •
close-up •
plant •
flora •
nature •
fertile stem •

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Horsetail

Horsetail
I believe I am correct in saying that this is Equisetum arvense, commonly known as Field Horsetail or Common Horsetail - the spores are contained in this beautiful cone-like strobilus. This macro image was taken on 21 May 2013, NW of Calgary, along the edge of a gravel backroad. I always think that the tiny "plates" look rather like flowers with their "petals".
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