Equisetum palustre |
Equisetum variegatum |
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marsh horsetail, prêle des marais |
northern scouring-rush, prêle panachée, variegated horsetail, variegated scouring-rush |
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Sheaths | elongate, 4–9 × 2–5 mm; teeth dark, 5–10, narrow, 2–5 mm, margins white, scarious. |
green with black apical band, spreading, 1–6 × 1–5 mm; teeth 3–14, not articulate. |
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Aerial stems | monomorphic, green, branched or unbranched, 20–80 cm; hollow center small, to 1/3 stem diam.; vallecular canals nearly as large. |
persisting more than a year, unbranched, 6–55 cm; lines of stomates single; ridges 3–12. |
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Branches | when present only from midstem nodes, spreading, hollow; ridges 4–6; valleys rounded; 1st internode of each branch shorter than subtending stem sheath; sheath teeth narrow. |
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Cone | apex pointed; spores green, spheric. |
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2n | =216. |
=216. |
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Equisetum palustre |
Equisetum variegatum |
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Phenology | Cones maturing in summer. | |||||
Habitat | Marshes and swamps | |||||
Elevation | 0–1500m (0–4900ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AK; CA; ID; ME; MI; MN; MT; ND; NH; NY; OR; PA; VT; WA; WI; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia s to Himalayas; n China; Korea; Japan
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CO; CT; ID; IL; IN; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NY; OR; SD; UT; VT; WA; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Europe; Asia
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Discussion | The name Equisetum palustre var. americanum has been used for specimens from the flora that have longer teeth than those from Eurasia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. | ||||
Parent taxa | Equisetaceae > Equisetum > subg. Hippochaete | Equisetaceae > Equisetum > subg. Equisetum | ||||
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Synonyms | E. palustre var. americanum | |||||
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1061. (1753) | Schleicher ex F. Weber & D. Mohr: Bot. Taschenb. 60, 447. (1807) | ||||
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