Many different plant entities branch in one way or another. However, when we talk of branching, we typically think of stems, rhizomes or trichomes that branch. There are several types of branching that refers to stems and rhizomes: dichotomous, monopodial, or sympodial. Branched hairs or trichomes are hairs that are not simple but branch in some way. For branching hairs we have no fancy terms that describe their branching that we feel is important to beginning botany students. DIAGRAMS: Equisetum Stem PHOTOS: (hairs) (equisetum branches)