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Equisetum hyemale L.

Rough Horsetail

Equisetaceae

Traits


    Slightly toxic, 40–220 cm tall. plants: generative and vegetative shoots of similar habit. strobili: terminal, solitary, with a mucronate apex. sporangia: in small clusters, on the lower surface of the peltate sporophylls. stem: branched mainly in the lower half, 15–...

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Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Equisetum hyemale

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Distribution in Germany

Equisetum hyemale

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Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Equisetum hyemale

Equisetum hyemale

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands

  • in alkaline, (periodically) wet habitats

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