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Himalayan Horsetail

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pteridophyta
Class:	Equisetopsida
Order:	Equisetales
Family:	Equisetaceae
Genus:	Equisetum
Species:	E. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. A fern is any one of a group of about 20000 Species of Plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta Equisetopsida, or Sphenopsida, is a class of Plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. The Equisetales is an order of pteridophytes with only one living genus Equisetum (horsetails Equisetum is a genus of Vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds Equisetum is a genus of Vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds diffusum

Binomial name

Equisetum diffusum
L.

The Himalayan Horsetail (Equisetum diffusum) is a perennial that averages at 10-25 inches. Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for A perennial plant or perennial ( Latin per, "through" annus, "year" is a Plant that lives for more than The plant is silica rich and has a rhizomatous stem. In Botany, a rhizome is a horizontal stem of a Plant that is usually found underground often sending out Roots and Shoots This shiny brown stem can have many small hair-like roots and may also grow tubers. Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store Nutrients They are used by Plants to overwinter and regrow the next year

External links

[1] - binomial
[2] - basic information on the Himalayan Horsetail.

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