Common Name: field horsetailScientific Name: Equisetum arvense L.Family Name: Equisetaceae - Horsetail FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by spores and rhizomes Stemsreproductive appear early season, leafless, whitish to tan, terminal cone-shaped fruiting head; vegetative stem after reproductive stems, green, grooved, hollow, branches whorled at nodes Leavessmall, scale-like; joined at node to form sheath-like structure