Common Mare's Tail

Hippuris vulgaris

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Hippuris vulgaris (from Greek: ἵππος — horse and οὐρά — tail), known as mare's-tail or common mare's tail, is a common aquatic plant of Eurasia and North America ranging from Greenland to the Tibetan Plateau to Arizona. It prefers non-acidic waters. The species is also sometimes called horsetail, a name which is better reserved to the horsetails of genus Equisetum. These are unrelated to H. vulgaris, although there is some resemblance

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  1. (c) --Tico--, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/tico_bassie/4490177374/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippuris_vulgaris

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