#horsetail 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
supertype: #fern_ally pteridophytes of other classes than Filicopsida
subtype: #common_horsetail #swamp_horsetail #scouring_rush #marsh_horsetail #wood_horsetail #variegated_horsetail
part: #strobilus
member of: #genus_Equisetum__Equisetum horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
member of: #family_Equisetaceae__Equisetaceae__horsetail_family__horsetailfamily sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
member of: #order_Equisetales__Equisetales lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
member of: #class_Sphenopsida__Sphenopsida__Equisetatae__class_Equisetatae horsetails and related forms
member of: #division_Pteridophyta__Pteridophyta containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
member of: #kingdom_Plantae__Plantae__plant_kingdom__plantkingdom taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
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