View source for Equisetum sylvaticum

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|accepted_name=Equisetum sylvaticum
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1061. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Wood horsetail;prêle des bois
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Equisetaceae;Equisetum;Equisetum subg. Hippochaete;Equisetum sylvaticum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Equisetaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Equisetum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Equisetum subg. Hippochaete]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Equisetum sylvaticum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Aerial </b>stems dimorphic; vegetative stems brownish to green, branched, 25–70 cm; hollow center 1/6–1/3 stem diam. <b>Sheaths</b> squarish in face view, 3–6 × 2.5–6 mm; teeth reddish, 8–18, papery, 3–10 mm, coherent in 3–4 large groups. <b>Branches</b> in regular whorls, delicate, arching, branched, solid; ridges 3–4; valleys channeled; 1st internode of each branch longer than subtending stem sheath; sheath teeth attenuate. <b>Fertile</b> stems brown, with stomates, initially unbranched, persisting and becoming branched and green after spore discharge. <b>2n</b> =216.</span><!--

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|phenology=Cones maturing in late spring.
|habitat=Moist forests
|elevation=0–2800 m
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;n Asia to ne China;Japan in Hokkaido.
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name=Equisetum sylvaticum
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Equisetaceae
|phenology=Cones maturing in late spring.
|habitat=Moist forests
|elevation=0–2800 m
|distribution=Greenland;St. Pierre and Miquelon;Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Iowa;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Europe;n Asia to ne China;Japan in Hokkaido.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Equisetum
|subgenus=Equisetum subg. Hippochaete
|species=Equisetum sylvaticum
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