Horsetails in the mix
The plants that look a bit like Christmas trees are horsetails.
Horsetails or Equisetum are the only living genus in the the entire Equisetopsida class of plants. At one point there was a large number and variety of Equisetopsida plants but only about 20 species of horsetails survive today. Horsetails are so ancient that they are distinct from all other seedless vascular plants.
The horsetails hit their peak during the Devonian Era, some 350+ million years ago.
Horsetails in the mix
The plants that look a bit like Christmas trees are horsetails.
Horsetails or Equisetum are the only living genus in the the entire Equisetopsida class of plants. At one point there was a large number and variety of Equisetopsida plants but only about 20 species of horsetails survive today. Horsetails are so ancient that they are distinct from all other seedless vascular plants.
The horsetails hit their peak during the Devonian Era, some 350+ million years ago.