Equisetum pratense

Common Name: Meadow Horsetail

Family: Equisetaceae

Country of Origin: circumboreal

Description: [syn. Equisetum umbrosum J.G.F. Meyer ex Willd.]

This species, although having the same distribution as others such as E. palustre, E. fluviatile and E. sylvaticum, is less frequent than they are. Its deltoid branch teeth on horizontal to drooping branches make it distinctive enough that it has been generally recognized since the early 19th century. It appears nearly uniform throughout its range, being slightly more robust in Europe than in North America, and having greater silicification and occasionally 4-angled branches in Siberia and northern China.

Accession #: 199800137

Accession Date: 1998-09-29 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2316

Quantity: 2

Source: Chad Husby - Virginia Tech

Provenance: Plants originally collected from Cut River (near where it enters Lake Michigan) in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA

Division: Ferns

Class: Polypodiopsida

Subclass: Equisetopsidae

Order: Equisetales

Family: Equisetaceae