Fertile stems bear spore producing cones |
- native perennial with an extensive tuber-bearing creeping root
system
- leafless fertile stems light brown in colour are about 0.3
metres tall with a spore-bearing cone (up to 4 cm) on top; fertile
stems to 0.6 metres tall, produce whorls of green, four-angled
leaf-like branches
- over 15 species of Equisetum (horsetail) grow in British
Columbia. Giant horsetail (Equisetum telmateia) is similar
but taller and more robust throughout.
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