Horsetail

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Common Horsetail
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Botanical Name:	Equisetum arvense
Family:	Equisetaceae

A herbaceous Perennial up to 75 cm in height. There are two types of stems one fertile and the other sterile, which are hollow except at the nodes/joints. The fertile stems are unbranched and do not have chlorophll. The sterile stems have leaves at the nodes. They like damp ditches and neglected areas.

References:

Varner, Collin 2002. Plants of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, p 89.

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