common horsetail

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Common horsetail (Equisetum arvense).

common horsetail

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Also known as: Equisetum arvense

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…America and Eurasia is the common horsetail (E. arvense), about 30 cm (1 foot) tall. The central cavity of each stem is about a quarter of its outside diameter. Fairly thick, solid branches arise from below the sheaths, circling the shoots like spokes on a wheel. Stems that bear terminal…
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…America and Eurasia is the common horsetail (E. arvense), about 30 cm (1 foot) tall. The central cavity of each stem is about a quarter of its outside diameter. Fairly thick, solid branches arise from below the sheaths, circling the shoots like spokes on a wheel. Stems that bear terminal…
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