Solved Help with identifying weed

Can someone please tell me the name of this weed. It is totally destructive and I can't get rid of it. Thank you...

 

It's a beggar to get rid of - it invaded my previous garden.
It can be treated with a weedkiller containing glysophate (allegedly).
Horsetail/marestail has a waxy coating, so, you need to bruise it before applying any weedkiller so it can be absorbed.
It will take a number of applications though and, if I am really honest, I lived in my previous property for 4 years and I never was able to irradicate it (not helped by a neighbour who was not a gardener and boasted of how much of it he had in *his* garden )
Don't let my 4 year experience put you off though, people have had success with weedkiller on it; maybe I simply wasn't focussed enough? But, bear in mind if you have neighbours with it and they are not treating it, you will have a battle on your hands for sure

 

Yup. M is right - they are indeed horses tails and a real swine to get rid of. They keep coming back and back.

His advise is spot on - you need to bruise the plants because they have a waterproof coating and weedkiller of just rolls straight off. I use a pair of pliers to crush the leaves/bristly bits but be careful with the stems as they snap off very easily. I spray them with Bayer Super Strength weed killer, which is 66% Glyphosate and it tends to get rid of them for a while.

There's little point in trying to dig 'em out because the roots are known to go down a metre or even two! And to add insult to injury they reproduce by shedding millions of spores. For info, they are amongst the most ancient of plants and have changed little in over 400 millions years or so because they are just so damn tough they don't need to adapt.

They are one of the worst weeds to eradicate from flower beds and hopefully you're lucky enough to have them just growing in your path - and even then it can be tough. Best of luck!