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| node, showing reduced scale-like leaves | habit--Equisetum hyemale rarely branches |
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| young strobilus on top of stem--this is the spore-producing structure (remember that scouring rushes are neither flowering nor seed-bearing plants) | mature strobilus, shedding spores |
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| mature strobilus close up--the sporangia are visible underneath each segment of the strobilus (these segments are called sporophylls) | |
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