Equisetum pratense |
Equisetum variegatum |
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meadow horsetail, prêle des prés, shady horsetail |
northern scouring-rush, prêle panachée, variegated horsetail, variegated 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. |
green with black apical band, spreading, 1–6 × 1–5 mm; teeth 3–14, not articulate. |
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Aerial stems | dimorphic; vegetative stems green, branched, 16–50 cm; hollow center 1/6–1/3 stem diam. |
persisting more than a year, unbranched, 6–55 cm; lines of stomates single; ridges 3–12. |
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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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Cone | apex pointed; spores green, spheric. |
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2n | =216. |
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Equisetum pratense |
Equisetum variegatum |
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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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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 | 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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Name authority | Ehrhart: Hannover. Mag. 22: 138. (1784) | Schleicher ex F. Weber & D. Mohr: Bot. Taschenb. 60, 447. (1807) | ||||
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