Equisetum scirpoides

Also known as dwarf scouring rush, dwarf horsetail, dwarf scouringrush, sedgelike horsetail, sedge-like horsetail

species of plant

Species

dwarf horsetail

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassPolypodiopsida
OrderEquisetales
FamilyEquisetaceae

Native toAlaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Baltic States, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Connecticut, East European Russia, Finland

Observations6,534

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. 2 n =216.

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