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Equisetum

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Equisetum
"Candocks" o the Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia telmateia), shawin whorls o branches an the tiny dark-tipped leaves
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
Diveesion: Pteridophyta
Cless: Equisetopsida
Order: Equisetales
Faimily: Equisetaceae
Genus: Equisetum
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Species

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Equisetum (/ˌɛkwˈstəm/; horsetail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the anly livin genus in Equisetaceae, a faimily o vascular plants that reproduce bi spores rather nor seeds.[1]

References

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  1. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607