Plant identification help please?

[Aristide]

could anyone tell me what the segmented grass like plant is in this picture?

[SebsC]

It looks a bit like Equisetum?

[Sue]

Can't see it well enough to tell!

[red devil]

Yes, looks like Equisetum, I've seen them on sale in the garden centre next door to North Dulwich station, I believe they can be quite an invasive plant if not kept under control...

[Aristide]

Thank you, I've looked on line and its definitely the plant we saw in the states.

Sorry you couldn't see it well enough Sue

[Jenny1]

I like the idea of 'The World's Smallest Front Yard', as per the plaque in the photo.

[Sue]

red devil Wrote:

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> Yes, looks like Equisetum, I've seen them on sale

> in the garden centre next door to North Dulwich

> station, I believe they can be quite an invasive

> plant if not kept under control...

There's a kind of Equisetum which is indeed really invasive - mare's tail.

There's a whole plot on my allotment site cordoned off because it has mare's tail, in an attempt to stop it spreading :(