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Equisetum sp.
Quite an interesting plant - "Equisetum is a "living fossil" as it is the only living genus of the entire class Equisetopsida, which for over one hundred million years was much more diverse and dominated the understory of late Paleozoic forests. Some Equisetopsida were large trees reaching to 30 meters tall. The genus Calamites of the family Calamitaceae, for example, is abundant in coal deposits from the Carboniferous period." ~ Wikipedia
Moist area close to swamp.
Any thoughts towards species would be great. Wikipedia lists 15 species in the genus.
Spotted on May 16, 2013
Submitted on Sep 20, 2013
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