Aquatic
...Wet
...Moist
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See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Learn more about Scouring Rush from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
Monilophytes (ferns): Horsetails: Equisetales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 002-01-002:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
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Hippochaete hyemalis ssp. affinis
COMMON NAME:
Tall Scouring Rush, River Scouring Rush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eqro_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_hyemale_affine_5152
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_hyemale_affine_5154
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Leaves scale-like, in whorls. Sporangia in a terminal cone-like cluster, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_e_hyemale_affine_1
May Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Stems evergreen, unbranched, bamboo-like, fertile and sterile alike, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.