Sedge & Horsetail

I kid you not….the name of the prickly-topped plant shown in this photo is Troublesome Sedge!

Look very closely and you’ll see a tiny bug sitting on one of the prickles.  Also in the photo is a black-spotted knob-headed plant whose official name is Intermediate Horsetail.  Its stem grows in sections which can be pulled apart and put back together again, another fascinating farm-kid activity I engaged in many years ago.  Back then, we called this plant “snake grass”.  It can grow to be several feet tall---here’s a better view of its segmented anatomy: