What do horsetails have in common with mosses and moss and how do they differ?

Plaunas are perennial evergreens with dichotomous branching.

Shoots are creeping with slightly raised branches. They reproduce vegetatively and by spores.

Horsetails are herbaceous plants, the height varies from a few centimeters, and reaches several meters.

Any representative of the horsetail has a stem with a pronounced metamerism. Its foliage is reduced to scales. Its green stems are responsible for the assimilation function. Horsetail has a developed underground rhizome, thanks to which it can survive a forest fire.

Common features:

– one of the most ancient plants;

– these are the highest disputed representatives;

– prefer dampness and moisture;

– in the life cycle, the stage of the protonema is traced.