Key Identification Features
- It features thicker, less bushy whorled branches, and a silica-rich, rhizomatous stem that grows underground, with roots emerging from it.
- is a herbaceous perennial horsetail with two distinct stem types: separate green photosynthetic sterile stems, and pale yellowish non-photosynthetic spore-bearing fertile stems.
- Mohr is a variable species that hosts multiple ecotypes, some of which are recognized as distinct subspecies.
- It is also used as an accent plant in garden ponds, ornamental pools, and other landscape water features, planted in submerged pots.
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