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Equisetaceae
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<p>Equisetaceae, also known as the horsetail family, is a family of <a href="/facts/Fern/e6Cngdyo">ferns</a> and the only <a href="/facts/Extant_taxon/YK8uj7qU">surviving</a> family of the order <a href="/facts/Equisetales/qNrqKn3Q">Equisetales</a>, with one surviving genus, <i><a href="/facts/Equisetum/mkQoSHEz">Equisetum</a></i>, comprising about twenty species. </p>