This plant should not be thriving in this environment. It is growing on compacted oxisol in an area that gets over 4 metres of rain. Yet here it is, growing completely out of control. Nothing makes sense. Climate change?
This little plant, identified as Equisetum arvense by a colleague, appears to have grown right through one of the metal posts of the bridge of Amsterdam University College (#AUC#UvA#VU).
I think it should be the mascotte of all students at Science Park:
"Those who persevere against all odds find the light at the end of the tunnel."