Fossil of the month: Calamites University of Kentucky
This month's fossil is one of the most common fossils in the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field. It is the fossil horsetail rush, Calamites. Description. Calamites is a fossil "horsetail" or "scouring" rush. Rushes are reedlike plants with jointed stems. ... In coal balls where Calamites plant parts are permineralized (original structures ...