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How big were the extinct types of horsetails?

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Fossil evidence indicates that many extinct horsetails were treelike and attained a far greater size than do living types, although the stems of a sprawling tropical American species ( E. giganteum ) grows to more than 30 ft (9.1 m) in length.

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