Tim Chapman-Wilson · @TimChp
194 followers · 761 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Here are a few #horsetail plants, seen on my walk #today (yesterday, actually).
Plus a wandering "woolly bear" (#TigerMoth) #caterpillar.
Horsetails are 150 million-year-old living fossils that were eaten by - yes! - Jurassic #dinosaurs.
Also, their unique node spacing inspired #JohnNapier in 1614 to invent #logarithms.
Admittedly, some rude US jurisdictions (wtf Oregon...?) classify them as noxious weeds.
But imho this is an amazing plant with a wonderful résumé 💚
#horsetail #today #tigerMoth #caterpillar #dinosaurs #johnnapier #logarithms #Equisetum #spring
Tim Chapman-Wilson · @TimChp
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The highlight of #today for me was the dog walk, especially the bit where we ran into the Marge Simpson plants.
#today #spring #Equisetum #horsetail #pnw
Mr. Inbetween :damnified: · @Easydor
510 followers · 3931 posts · Server metalhead.club
#Sporophyllstand eines Acker-Schachtelhalms (Equisetum arvense) in der Abendsonne.
#Equisetum #naturfotografie #handyfoto #Sporophyllstand