Equisetum
Equisetum horsetail
One of the oldest of existing Pteridophytes (fern family) and closely allied to the prehistoric plants from 300 million years ago. Horsetails in our area are small to medium-sized plants with slender, round, hollow stems, and distinct nodes.
Habitat & Range
Grow in wet, sandy, gravelly and clay soils from stream edges to wet meadows and damp woods. Even when they grow in drier sites, they roots tend to reach the water table
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