Equisetum scirpoides

Michaux

Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 281. 1803.

Common names: Dwarf scouring rush prêle faux-scirpe
Illustrated
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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. 2n =216.


Phenology: Cones maturing in summer, or cones overwintering and shedding spores in spring.
Habitat: Wet woods, peat bogs, tundra
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Greenland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Idaho, Ill., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., S.Dak., Vt., Wash., Wis., n Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Equisetum scirpoides"
Richard L. Hauke +
Michaux +
Dwarf scouring rush +  and prêle faux-scirpe +
rounded +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Greenland +, St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Iowa +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, S.Dak. +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and n Eurasia +
0–1000 m +
male +  and unisexual +
smaller than female +
Wet woods, peat bogs, tundra +
distinct +
Cones maturing in summer, or cones overwintering and shedding spores in spring. +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
1mm;2.5mm +
0.75mm;1.5mm +
Illustrated +
spheric +
tortuous +
persisting +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (28 cm280 mm <br />0.28 m <br />) +
in bands +  and scattered +
Equisetum scirpoides +
Equisetum subg. Equisetum +
species +
toothlike +
not articulate +