View source for Equisetum pratense

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|accepted_name=Equisetum pratense
|accepted_authority=Ehrhart
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hannover. Mag.
|place=22: 138. 1784
|year=1784
}}
|common_names=Meadow horsetail;prêle des prés
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Equisetaceae;Equisetum;Equisetum subg. Hippochaete;Equisetum pratense
|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 pratense]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Aerial </b>stems dimorphic; vegetative stems green, branched, 16–50 cm; hollow center 1/6–1/3 stem diam. <b>Sheaths</b> somewhat elongate, 3–5 × 2–4 mm; teeth 8–18, narrow, 1.5–4 mm, centers dark and margins white. <b>Branches</b> in regular whorls, horizontal to drooping, solid; ridges 3; valleys channeled; 1st internode of each branch equal to or longer than subtending stem sheath; sheath teeth deltate. <b>Fertile</b> stems brown, with stomates, initially unbranched, persisting and becoming branched and green after spore discharge.</span><!--

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|phenology=Cones maturing in late spring.
|habitat=Meadows, wet woodlands
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Conn.;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Vt.;Wis.;n Eurasia to ne China;Japan in Hokkaido.
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name=Equisetum pratense
|author=
|authority=Ehrhart
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Equisetaceae
|phenology=Cones maturing in late spring.
|habitat=Meadows, wet woodlands
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Conn.;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Vt.;Wis.;n Eurasia to ne China;Japan in Hokkaido.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hannover. Mag.
|publication year=1784
|special status=
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|genus=Equisetum
|subgenus=Equisetum subg. Hippochaete
|species=Equisetum pratense
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