The Netherlands - Zaandam
The field horsetail (Equisetum arvense - Heermoes) is an herbaceous perennial plant, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has separate sterile non-reproductive and fertile spore-bearing stems growing from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system. The fertile stems are produced in early spring and are non-photosynthetic, while the green sterile stems (on this image) start to grow after the fertile stems have wilted and persist through the summer until the first autumn frosts. Rhizomes can pierce through the soil up to 6 feet (1.8 m) in depth. This allows this species to tolerate many conditions and is hard to get rid of even with the help of herbicides. So don't use them! The remedy is worse than the disease and will harm us more than these hardy horsetails. © Tom Kisjes

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The Netherlands - Zaandam
The field horsetail (Equisetum arvense - Heermoes) is an herbaceous perennial plant, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has separate sterile non-reproductive and fertile spore-bearing stems growing from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system. The fertile stems are produced in early spring and are non-photosynthetic, while the green sterile stems (on this image) start to grow after the fertile stems have wilted and persist through the summer until the first autumn frosts. Rhizomes can pierce through the soil up to 6 feet (1.8 m) in depth. This allows this species to tolerate many conditions and is hard to get rid of even with the help of herbicides. So don't use them! The remedy is worse than the disease and will harm us more than these hardy horsetails. © Tom Kisjes

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The Netherlands - Zaandam
The field horsetail (Equisetum arvense - Heermoes) is an herbaceous perennial plant, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It has separate sterile non-reproductive and fertile spore-bearing stems growing from a perennial underground rhizomatous stem system. The fertile stems (on this image) are produced in early spring and are non-photosynthetic, while the green sterile stems start to grow after the fertile stems have wilted and persist through the summer until the first autumn frosts. Rhizomes can pierce through the soil up to 6 feet (1.8 m) in depth. This allows this species to tolerate many conditions and is hard to get rid of even with the help of herbicides. So don't use them! The remedy is worse than the disease and will harm us more than these hardy horsetails. © Tom Kisjes

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The Netherlands- Koarnjum
Spring-blooming twig of the Horse chestnut tree ( Aesculus hippocastanum - Witte paardenkastanje) on the Martena estate in Koarnjum (province Friesland). © Tom Kisjes

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The Netherlands-Jelsum
"I thought some daisies
Might cheer you up ... " (Eels: Daisies of the Galaxy)
In 2023 Daisy (Bellis perennis - Madeliefje) was chosen by a large majority national flower of The Netherlands. © Tom Kisjes

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