These are some of the life forms we can find in Hartland, Vermont and all of Windsor County.
Equisetum hyemale (Rough Horsetail or Scouringrush Horsetail) is a species of horsetail native to moist forests, forest edges an stream banks, swamps, fens throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. The rough bristles have been used to scour or clean pots, used as sandpaper, as well as to shape the reeds of reed instruments such as clarinets or saxophones.
Equisetum palustre, the marsh horsetail, is a plant species belonging to the division of horsetails (Equisetopsida).