Montana Outdoors

April 19, 2010

A very common plant but…

Scouring-rush horsetail

this one was so nicely decorated!

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  1. Looks like a tiny green fountain!

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    Comment by Bo Mackison — April 19, 2010 @ 4:13 pm

    • I thought that too, Bo! That is just dew from the cool night, although I wonder where the big drop came from.

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      Comment by montucky — April 19, 2010 @ 6:25 pm

  2. oooh – what awesome decorations! What kind of plant is that? I don’t recognize it though it might just be it’s outfit!! ;o)

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    Comment by Stacey Dawn — April 19, 2010 @ 4:16 pm

    • My ID’s are never a guarantee, Stacey, but I’d call this a Scouring-rush, (Equisetum hyemale) in the Horsetail family. It seems to grow everywhere in the US. This shot of it in the spring is unusual, I think. I looked at lots of sites without seeing a similar photo.

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      Comment by montucky — April 19, 2010 @ 6:28 pm

  3. Very nicely decorated!

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    Comment by kateri — April 19, 2010 @ 4:56 pm

    • I fell in love with it as soon as I noticed it. I thought the configuration of the plant was perfect for the tiny dew drops.

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      Comment by montucky — April 19, 2010 @ 6:31 pm

  4. what a great shot!

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    Comment by silken — April 20, 2010 @ 10:23 am

  5. It’s the eye that I’m wondering about…right hand side, not too far from the top.

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    Comment by knightofswords — April 20, 2010 @ 12:42 pm

    • You know, in one of the other photos of this, the angle was slightly different and that eye has a pupil that looks like a cat’s eye.

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      Comment by montucky — April 20, 2010 @ 2:25 pm

  6. Pretty droplets.

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    Comment by Candace — April 21, 2010 @ 8:44 am

  7. ooh,… I really like the “beads” on each bud point!

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    Comment by Cedar — April 21, 2010 @ 8:48 am

    • It must have just condensed on those little points. Wish I could have seen it form.

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      Comment by montucky — April 21, 2010 @ 1:37 pm

  8. hi.. i haven’t been around for a while and i can see i’ve missed out on some beautiful photographs… this one is indeed “decorated” to the max. beautiful photo!!

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    Comment by kcjewel — April 22, 2010 @ 11:07 pm

    • Thanks Jewel. Somehow the structure of the new growth attracted the dew.

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      Comment by montucky — April 23, 2010 @ 7:53 am

  9. A very nice creation of our Mother Nature. I like the photo very much, it is so successful.

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    Comment by sartenada — April 23, 2010 @ 2:45 am

    • Thanks sartenada. Nature creates some beautiful things!

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      Comment by montucky — April 23, 2010 @ 7:54 am


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