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meadow horsetail

Equisetum pratense

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Russia.January 0, February 0, March 3, April 713, May 2,294, June 1,174, July 819, August 649, September 324, October 193, November 43, December 0.
United States67,583
Russia6,212
Canada2,368
Ontario843
Moscow Oblast812
Moscow645
Irkutsk Oblast451
Alberta416
Alaska351
Minnesota325

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Traits

Group and habits

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Classification

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

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