Equisetum scirpoides

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 281. 1803.

Common names: Dwarf scouring rush prêle faux-scirpe
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Revision as of 19:46, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Aerial stems persisting more than a year, unbranched, tortuous, 2.5–28 cm; lines of stomates single; ridges 6. Sheaths green proximally, black distally, elliptic in face view, 1–2.5 × 0.75–1.5 mm; teeth 3, dark with white margins, not articulate to sheath. Cone apex pointed; spores green, spheric. 2n =216.


Phenology: Cones maturing in summer, or cones overwintering and shedding spores in spring.
Habitat: Wet woods, peat bogs, tundra
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Idaho, Ill., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., S.Dak., Vt., Wash., Wis., n Eurasia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Equisetum scirpoides"
Richard L. Hauke +
Michaux +
Dwarf scouring rush +  and prêle faux-scirpe +
Greenland +, St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, S.Dak. +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and n Eurasia. +
0–1000 m +
Wet woods, peat bogs, tundra +
Cones maturing in summer, or cones overwintering and shedding spores in spring. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
Illustrated +
Equisetum scirpoides +
Equisetum subg. Equisetum +
species +