NOTES: Distributed throughout temperate and arctic areas of the northern hemisphere, growing in moist soils.
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Field Horsetail
Genus species:
Equisetum arvense
Common Name:
Field Horsetail
Family Name:
Equisetaceae
Aerial stems erect, hollow, with vertical grooves embedded with silica; leaves scalelike and whorled; sporangia-bearing.
Seed Type:
Gymnosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
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