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scouring horsetail
Equisetum hyemale
Equisetum hyemale
scouring horsetail horsetails
Equisetum hyemale Equisetaceae
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common names
  scouring horsetail
  tall scouring-rush
accepted scientific name
  •Equisetum hyemale L.
rules for finding collection records
  Equisetum hyemale (11614)
  exclude Equisetum hyemale elatum
  exclude Equisetum hyemale intermedium
  exclude Equisetum hyemale affine
  exclude Equisetum hyemale californicum
  exclude Equisetum hyemale pseudohyemale
  exclude Equisetum hyemale robustum
family name
  • Equisetaceae
Image Author: ©2008 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Fern-like Plants
Fern Category: Horsetail
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (78%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
Some authorities have moved all Equisetum hyemale in North America to Equisetum praealtum.
base map where plant found
mag select

Riparian
Forest
Disturbed
Wetland
Sand
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