Equisetum pratense |
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meadow horsetail, prêle des prés, shady horsetail |
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Sheaths | somewhat elongate, 3–5 × 2–4 mm; teeth 8–18, narrow, 1.5–4 mm, centers dark and margins white. |
Aerial stems | dimorphic; vegetative stems green, branched, 16–50 cm; hollow center 1/6–1/3 stem diam. |
Fertile stems | brown, with stomates, initially unbranched, persisting and becoming branched and green after spore discharge. |
Branches | in regular whorls, horizontal to drooping, solid; ridges 3; valleys channeled; 1st internode of each branch equal to or longer than subtending stem sheath; sheath teeth deltate. |
Equisetum pratense |
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Phenology | Cones maturing in late spring. |
Habitat | Meadows, wet woodlands |
Elevation | 0–2000 m (0–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CT; IA; IL; MA; ME; MI; MN; ND; NH; NY; VT; WI; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; n Eurasia to ne China; Japan in Hokkaido
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Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Equisetaceae > Equisetum > subg. Hippochaete |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Ehrhart: Hannover. Mag. 22: 138. (1784) |
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