Horsetail - An Ancient Plant

When I first saw these stems at the side of the disused railway track in Lower Largo, I thought they were a type of fungi.

It was only when I saw them growing together with the bottlebrush like stems of the horsetail that I realised they were connected. The initial shoots are fertile and have cones on top.

Stems of Horsetail.

These are the infertile stems ad have been called the Lego plant because they are in sections, which can be taken apart and put together again.