2010-05-09 Upper Austria, district Freistadt (spruce forest near Tanner Moor, 940 m AMSL).Young shoot of Equisetum sylvaticum (thanks, Stamnariophilus, for confirmation!).German name: Wald-Schachtelhalm
close up image of Equisetum arvense HORSETAIL at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a lone specimen after spore release nearing mature vegetative growth
field image of Equisetum arvense HORSETAIL at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a lone specimen after spore release at the beginning of vegetative growth
field image of Equisetum arvense HORSETAIL at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a lone specimen after spore release at the beginning of vegetative growth
close up image of Equisetum arvense HORSETAIL at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a lone specimen after spore release nearing mature vegetative growth