Translation of "horsetail" to Portuguese language:
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| They are perennial plants, either herbaceous and dying back in winter as most temperate species, or evergreen as most tropical species and the temperate species rough horsetail ( E. hyemale ), branched horsetail ( E. ramosissimum ), dwarf horsetail ( E. scirpoides ) and variegated horsetail ( E. variegatum ). | Elas são plantas perenes e herbáceas, secando no inverno (para a maioria das espécies temperadas) ou sempre verde (para algumas espécies tropicais, e a espécie temperada Equisetum hyemale ). |
| They typically grow 0.2 1.5 m tall, though the giant horsetails are recorded to grow as high as 2.5 m (northern giant horsetail, E. telmateia ), 5 m (southern giant horsetail, E. giganteum ) or 8 m (Mexican giant horsetail, E. myriochaetum ), and allegedly even more. | A maioria delas cresce 0,2 1,5 m de altura, embora a E. telmateia possa exce(p)cionalmente alcançar 2,5 m, e a espécie tropical E. giganteum 5 m, e E. myriochaetum 8 m.Nestas plantas, as folhas são muito reduzidas, mostrando se inicialmente como pequenas inflorescências translúcidas. |