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shrubby horsetail
Joint-fir Joint"-fir`, n. (Bot.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.
Shrubby horsetail
Horsetail Horse"tail`, n. 1. (Bot.) A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum. 2. A Turkish standard, denoting rank. Note: Commanders are distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. Thus, the sultan has seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one. Shrubby horsetail. (Bot.) See Joint-fir.

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- Barbara County of California Ephedra foliata Boiss. ex C.A.Mey. (Shrubby horsetail) – North Africa, Somalia, Middle East, India Ephedra fragilis Desf...
- joint-fir Ephedra fedtschenkoae Ephedra foeminea Ephedra foliata, shrubby horsetail Ephedra fragilis, joint pine Ephedra frustillata Ephedra intermedia...
- gymnosperm in the Ephedraceae family. It is referred to by the common name shrubby horsetail. It is native to North Africa, and Southwest Asia, from Morocco and...
- American sea-blite Suaeda maritima — herbaceous seepweed Suaeda moquinii — shrubby seepweed Suaeda rolandii — Rolands' sea-blite Suckleya suckleyana — poison...
- Milkweed – Asclepias amplexicaulis Common milkweed – Asclepias syriaca Horsetail milkweed – Asclepias verticillata Orange milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa...
- Kingcup, and Ficaria. Where seepage water rises, rarities such as giant horsetail, drooping sedge, slender sedge, and spearroot grow. On the slopes, wild...
- Ophioglossum crotalophoroides, adder's-tongue* Equisetum arvense, field horsetail† Adiantum chilense, maidenhair-fern* Asplenium dareoides, spleenwort*...
- bennettitalean leaves (Zamites powellii), large horsetail stems (Neocalamites sp.), and foliage of an enigmatic shrubby plant (Sanmiguelia sp.). Root casts and...
- palm-like fronds comparable to their modern relatives. Sphenophytes (horsetails: Neocalamites, Equistetites, Schizoneura, etc.) have low diversity but...
- leaves, which was probably related both to the calamites and the modern horsetails. Cordaites, a tall plant (6 to over 30 meters) with strap-like leaves...