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dwarf horsetail

Equisetum scirpoides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 461, February 341, March 534, April 840, May 1,211, June 1,321, July 1,413, August 1,215, September 892, October 666, November 364, December 284.
United States13,896
Alaska9,543
Canada8,094
Ontario2,804
Alberta1,464
British Columbia1,416
New York1,007
Quebec967
Michigan789
Wisconsin582

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Horsetail growth formListed by a harvested source as belonging to the horsetail plant group.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • ParasiteDescends from a lineage whose members commonly live parasitically on another organism.From its classification

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassFerns · Polypodiopsida
Orderhorsetails · Equisetales
Familyhorsetail family · Equisetaceae
Genushorsetails · Equisetum

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