Allen i can't believe you sent that site! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 8:34 AM Subject: Re: equisetum
> There's a good photo display of hyemale at > http://members.eunet.at/m.matus/e_berkley.html > > It appears that the pictures that I mentioned earlier that showed > hyemale with 'leaves' were actually pictures of arvense. It also > appears that hyemale tends to be a much larger plant (over 5 ft at > times) while arvense tends to be around a foot tall. Arvense will > also range further from swamp, even growing on railroad embankments, > as we often see (I assume) it in this area. I don't think I've seen > hayemale in this region, but if I went looking for it, I probably > should look on stream banks and not around the woods. -Allan > > >