Equisetum hyemale: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Equisetum hyemale L. subsp. affine (Engelm.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor image

Photographer: Dennis W. Woodland

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Family Equisetaceae
Equisetum hyemale L. subsp. affine (Engelm.) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
common scouring rush, pipes, scouring rush horsetail
Equisetum: Latin for "horsetail" from equus, "horse," and seta, "bristle"
hyemale: of the winter, flowering in winter

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial fern ally
Habitat:	fields, roadsides, and shores
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Equisetum affine Engelm.
Equisetum hyemale L. var. affine (Engelm.) A.A.Eaton
Equisetum hyemale L. var. californicum Milde
Equisetum hyemale L. var. pseudohyemale (Farw.) C.V.Morton
Equisetum hyemale L. var. robustum (A.Braun) A.A.Eaton
Equisetum prealtum Raf.
Equisetum robustum A.Braun
Equisetum robustum A.Braun var. affine Engelm.
Hippochaete hyemalis (L.) Bruhin subsp. affinis (Engelm.) W.A.Weber

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