Equisetum pratense |
Equisetum hyemale |
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meadow horsetail, prêle des prés, shady horsetail |
common scouring-rush, prêle d'hiver, scouring horsetail, scouring rush, scouringrush horsetail, tall scouring-rush |
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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. |
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Aerial stems | dimorphic; vegetative stems green, branched, 16–50 cm; hollow center 1/6–1/3 stem diam. |
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Fertile stems | brown, with stomates, initially unbranched, persisting and becoming branched and green after spore discharge. |
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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. |
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Equisetum pratense |
Equisetum hyemale |
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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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AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Mexico; Central America in Guatemala; Europe; Asia
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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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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Name authority | Ehrhart: Hannover. Mag. 22: 138. (1784) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1062. (1753) |
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