Equisetum fluviatile Equisetum fluviatile L. Equisetum fluviatile L. var. limosum (L.) Gilbert Equisetum limosum L. Water Horsetail, Swamp Horsetail
Water horsetail is the smoothest of the horsetails. Fluviatile is Latin for “pertaining to rivers,” and this horsetail is common in wet, marshy areas. Like other horsetails, water horsetails have a remarkably high silica content, making them abrasive enough for scouring or sanding. Identification: Water horsetails occur in dense colonies, where they may be unbranched or multiply branched. If branches are present, they are less than 3" (7.6 cm) long. Each segment boundary is ringed by a series of tiny, black-tipped scale leaves. The stems of water horsetails are smoother than those of marsh horsetails. See Equisetum for a comparison chart. From Britton, Nathaniel Lord, and Brown, Addison, An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions, 1913, p. Vol. 1: 41 By Luc Viatour References:
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Equisetum fluviatile at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Equisetum fluviatile at the Washington State Department of Ecology Equisetum fluviatile on Wikipedia Equisetum fluviatile on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants Equisetum fluviatile at the University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium Equisetum fluviatile on eFloras 4/23/2016 · Big Tree/Porcupine Trail, Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Hollis, MA Equisetum fluviatile description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 12 Oct 2018. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
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