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variegated horsetail

Equisetum variegatum

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 52, February 54, March 85, April 166, May 319, June 150, July 113, August 102, September 107, October 88, November 55, December 49.
United States26,492
Canada5,180
Ontario1,338
British Columbia946
Quebec801
New York651
Michigan437
Alberta362
Russia332
Vermont262

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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
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.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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