Common Name:
field
horsetail
Scientific Name:
Equisetum arvense
Family Name:
Equisetaceae
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Horsetail Family
Life Cycle
native perennial, reproducing by spores and rhizomes
Stems
reproductive appear early season, leafless, whitish to tan, terminal cone-shaped fruiting head; vegetative stem after reproductive stems, green, grooved, hollow, branches whorled at nodes
Leaves
small, scale-like; joined at node to form sheath-like structure