Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Monilophytes (ferns): Horsetails: Equisetales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Equisetum arvense
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Equisetum arvense
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 002-01-001:
Equisetum arvense
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
COMMON NAME:
Field Horsetail
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eqar_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_eqar_005_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn1_e_arvense_field_1
July-August
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Gill Newberry gn1_e_arvense_field_2
July-August
Node sheaths slightly flaring, teeth 6-12, brown-tipped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Gill Newberry gn1_e_arvense_field_ho
July-August
Sterile stems green, with slender branches in whorls at nodes, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmearvense_nantahala
Month Unknown NC
Nantahala National Forest
Sterile stems profusely branched in whorls at all but basal & apical few nodes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.