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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...
- 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...
- joint-fir Ephedra fedtschenkoae Ephedra foeminea Ephedra foliata, shrubby horsetail Ephedra fragilis, joint pine Ephedra frustillata Ephedra intermedia...
- Milkweed – Asclepias amplexicaulis Common milkweed – Asclepias syriaca Horsetail milkweed – Asclepias verticillata Orange milkweed – Asclepias tuberosa...
- palm-like fronds comparable to their modern relatives. Sphenophytes (horsetails: Neocalamites, Equistetites, Schizoneura, etc.) have low diversity but...
- Kingcup, and Ficaria. Where seepage water rises, rarities such as giant horsetail, drooping sedge, slender sedge, and spearroot grow. On the slopes, wild...
- used as an oilseed and fiber crop Koseret Lippia abyssinica Verbenaceae shrubby herb culinary, tea, medicinal leaves Mexican oregano Lippia graveolens...
- bennettitalean leaves (Zamites powellii), large horsetail stems (Neocalamites sp.), and foliage of an enigmatic shrubby plant (Sanmiguelia sp.). Root casts and...
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico, in subalpine scrub: narrow bands of shrubby and prostrate conifers at and just below timberline that are usually composed...
- Rose. The herbs are represented by the great burnet, bent, Tansy, rough horsetail, Bromus inermis, and others. The transition between the upper part of...