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The Equisetaceae are terrestrial, herbaceous, homosporous vascular plants comprising a single genus with about 15 species. The free-living sporophytic plant body consists of a rhizome with adventitious roots, and an aerial portion with ribbed, silicified stems that are hollow except at the jointed nodes which bear whorls...
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Equisetum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Web References for the Equisetaceae. ... Images of the Equisetaceae; See also: full library string search ... ; Equisetum arvense (field horsetail) species page from Bioimages; Equisetum arvense species page from Boreal Forest; Equisetum arvense image page from CalPhotos; Equisetum arvense from Carl Lindman's Bilder ur...
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Equisetaceae: Checklist and mapping for Virginia taxa from the Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora; Equisetaceae: Checklist of Tennessee taxa from the The University of Tennessee Herbarium; Equisetaceae: Checklist from the Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Wisconsin;
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Plants with jointed stems, with distinct nodes. Leaves small, whorled, fused into sheaths; tips remaining free, toothlike. Sporangia borne on peltate sporophylls aggregated in cones 0.3--10 cm. Spores green (except white in hybrids), all 1 kind. ... 5. Equisetaceae Michaux ex DeCandolle...
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; Horsetails are generally small "strange" looking plants. They grow from perennial creeping rhizomes, from which grow a single hollow, jointed stem, with bristle-like branches growing from the joints. ... The spores are contained in small cones at the tips of the stem or its branches, ... Species: Equisetum hyemale L.
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From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository ... Jump to: navigation, search ... Circumscription sensu Smith et al. 2006 [1]
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Family: Equisetaceae Rich. ex DC. ... Other Equisetaceae data links (Flowering Plant Gateway); ... Reveal's concordance of Equisetaceae with other family classifications (University of Maryland);
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Ferns of the Sierra Nevada mountains, California by Dr. Robert J. Rodin, 1960. ... EQUISETACEAE; HORSETAIL FAMILY ... Erect plants arising from a black perennial branching rhizome. Stems hollow except at nodes, with sheaths at nodes. Sheaths represent whorls of fused leaves. Fertile stems terminate in a cone which bears sporangia.
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Equisetum scirpoides Michx. ... Family: Equisetaceae Rich. ex DC ... Family: Equisetaceae...
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