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Equisetum telmateia, Ehrh.
Equisetum telmateia, Ehrh.

Plant Curiosity: Horsetail, the oldest plant on Earth

Equisetum telmateia, the great horsetail or northern giant horsetail, is a species of Equisetum (puzzlegrass) with an unusual distribution, with one subspecies native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa, and a second subspecies native to western North America. The North American subspecies is often simply but ambiguously called "giant horsetail"

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