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Equisetum (/ˌɛkwɨˈsiːtəm/; horsetail snake grass puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.Equisetum is a living fossil as it is the only living genus of the entire class Equisetopsida which for over one hundred million years was much more diverse and dominated the understory of late Paleozoic forests. Some Equisetopsida were large trees reaching to 30 meters tall.
