Species: Equisetum arvense Family: Equisitaceae Description: major weed, primitive vascular plant Resources: none

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References: Eggers, T. and Zwerger, P. 2002 ; Andersson, T.N. and Lundegardh, B. 1999 ;
           Sakamaki, Y. and Ino, Y. 2006

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	field horsetail usually possesses numerous branches, which gave rise to its name
	by contrast, Equisetum hyemale is a sparsely branched species.
	the rhizomatous tissue is protected by a sheath constituted of leaf tissue

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Last updated: 09 August 2009