Tonight there will be a blue moon, meaning a second full moon within a month’s time. Since it is also New Year’s Eve, some friends and I took a little woodland hike during the afternoon, instead of this evening when we’ll all be toasty warm by the firesides with our families.
My knowledge of local flora is woefully inadequate, so I will just call this what we’ve always called this type of plant: a foxtail.
Here’s a close view of a little stream we encountered. (The water is so clear and and still, you might miss it!)
I’ve never seen, is kind of plant. It really looks like the fox’s tail. Excellent photography.