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Equisetum palustre
MARSH HORSETAIL


Higher Taxonomy
Family: EquisetaceaeView Description 
Common Name: HORSETAIL FAMILY
Habit: Perennial herb from rhizome. Stem: annual to perennial herb, generally erect, of 2 kinds (sterile, fertile) or not; internodes with lengthwise alternating ridges and grooves, hollow except at nodes, branches 0 or whorled, alternate leaves. Leaf: scale-like, whorled, fused into nodal sheath with as many teeth as leaves, generally not green. Sporangia: several on inner surface of peltate scales that are clustered into a terminal cone; spores of 1 kind, spheric, green, unmarked, with 4 strap-like appendages.
Genera In Family: 1 genus, 15 species: worldwide except Australia, New Zealand.
eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Richard L. Hauke
Scientific Editor: Alan R. Smith, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Genus: EquisetumView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Common Name: HORSETAIL, SCOURING RUSH

Etymology: (Latin: horse, bristle, from roots of Equisetum fluviatile L.)
Equisetum palustre L.
NATIVE
Stem: annual, of 1 kind, 20--80 cm, green; basal internode of branch < subtending sheath; sheath 4--9 mm, longer than wide, teeth 5--10, 2--5 mm, free; branches with 4--6 rounded ridges, hollow.
Ecology: Marshes; Elevation: < 300 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCoRI, CCo (San Francisco); Distribution Outside California: Oregon to Alaska, eastern North America. Note: Presence in California questionable; hybrids with Equisetum telmateia subsp. braunii reported questionably for California, from San Mateo, Marin cos.
Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Richard L. Hauke
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Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Richard L. Hauke 2012, Equisetum palustre, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=24434, accessed on April 27, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 27, 2024.

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Geographic subdivisions for Equisetum palustre:
NCoRI, CCo (San Francisco)
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