#order_Equisetales__Equisetales lower tracheophytes in existence since the Devonian
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #class_Sphenopsida
member: #family_Equisetaceae__Equisetaceae__horsetail_family__horsetailfamily sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
member: #genus_Equisetum__Equisetum horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae
member: #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
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