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Family: Equisetaceae (Horsetail family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: March - April
Field Horsetail has distinctive sheaths on its fertile stems, with contrasting dark brown and white. Its unfertile green stems are usually whorled, with little rebranching.
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10 April 2021
Chapman Landing State Park, Indian Head, MD 
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10 April 2021
Chapman Landing State Park, Indian Head, MD 
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10 April 2021
Chapman Landing State Park, Indian Head, MD 
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10 April 2021
Chapman Landing State Park, Indian Head, MD (sheath of fertile stem) 
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10 April 2021
(head of fertile stem) Chapman Landing State Park, Indian Head, MD 
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10 April 2021
Chapman Landing State Park, Indian Head, MD (head of fertile stem) 
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