Equisetum scirpoides

Michaux

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

Common names: Dwarf scouring rush prêle faux-scirpe
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
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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. 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., 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 +