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Some plants have much more ancient origins than others. They were the first to live on land, inventing ingenious survival strategies. Among these so-called archaic plants are Equisetum and Ferns. In some respects, they are very similar to other plants: they have roots, stems, leaves and conductive vessels. In others they are completely different: their need water to reproduce, so they have spores instead of flowers. The aquatic Equisetum we see in our ponds is special for another reason, too. It has medicinal properties that are beneficial to the urinary tract, prevent hair loss and speed up the recalcification after bone fractures.
Can you hear it? It’s coming from a long way off, from up above. Only weeks ago, an icy silence marked the mountain. Now that silence has turned into a gurgle, the warble of water. The water that flows down the torrents, and the limpid, still water of the alpine lakes. But there’s water even where you can’t see it: deep in the soil and hidden by the rocks along the banks and shores...
