does equisetum hyamale spread by spores
Equisetum (/ËÉkwÉ¨ËsiËtÉm/ ; horsetail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.quisetum is a  living fossil  as it is the only living genus of the entire class Equisetopsida, which for over one hundred million years was much more diverse and dominated the understory of late Paleozoic forests.