4.8K views · 90 reactions | En este vídeo te hablamos de la poda de esta planta tan ornamental y que se ha puesto tan de moda últimamente en los jardines: la cola de caballo o Equisetum hyemale.  | Jardinatis | Facebook

Are these the real life “soot sprites”? 😊 . Like ferns, horsetails (Equisetum) do not produce seeds. They produce spores instead. The spores are produced in a beautiful structure called the strobilus (shown in the video). These small spores (around 0.05 mm) have evolved an amazing adaptation that increases their dispersal and therefore makes it easier for new horsetail plants to expand further away. . The horsetail spores have four appendages (elaters) that quickly deploy or retract depending o