NameThatPlant.net: Equisetum arvense

Monilophytes (ferns): Horsetails: Equisetales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Equisetum arvense FAMILY Equisetaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Equisetum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Equisetum arvense FAMILY Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 002-01-001:

Equisetum arvense FAMILY Equisetaceae

COMMON NAME:
Field Horsetail, Bottlebrush Horsetail

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Equisetum arvense FAMILY Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Equisetum arvense FAMILY Equisetaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 002-01-001:
Equisetum arvense FAMILY Equisetaceae

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Fern/Fern ally
Annual

Habitat: Moist streambanks, bottomlands, moist disturbed sites, road banks, railroad banks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple - scale-like
in whorls that are fused at the base into a sheath

FRUIT:
Spring

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