Guide to Mono Lake
Horsetails
Equisetum (pronounced /ˌɛkwɨˈsiËÂtÉ™m/) is the only living genus in the Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds. They are commonly known as horsetails.
Giant Horsetail
Equisetum telmateia (great horsetail or northern giant horsetail) is a species of Equisetum (horsetail) 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", ...more ↓
