Characteristics
Equisetum arvense L.
field horsetail, common horsetail
A wide range of mostly wet habitats but also in some drier disturbed sites. Rich fens, swamps, seepage areas in upland forests, shores and edges of ponds and streams, ditches, wet gravel pits, roadsides, and disturbed soils. The most common Equisetum in New York it is sometimes weedy.
Fern
Perennial
Vascular
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Native
FAC (NWPL EMP)
FAC (NWPL NCNE)
S5 (State Rank)
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Classification
Citation
Equisetum arvense L.
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Species Distribution Map
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