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Equisetum giganteum

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Botanical details
Family
Equisetaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
Genus

Equisetum

Genus description

Equisetum are also known as horsetails or living fossils as they are the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants which reproduce by spores rather than seeds. Plants have a rush-like appearance.

Name status

Unresolved

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