perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes; tend to become weedy; common in northern hemisphere; some in Africa and South America
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common horsetail, field horsetail, Equisetum arvense
swamp horsetail, water horsetail, Equisetum fluviatile
scouring rush, rough horsetail, Equisetum hyemale, Equisetum hyemale robustum, Equisetum robustum
marsh horsetail, Equisetum palustre
wood horsetail, Equisetum Sylvaticum
variegated horsetail, variegated scouring rush, Equisetum variegatum