Monilophytes (ferns): Horsetails: Equisetales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Equisetum praealtum
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
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Learn more about Scouring Rush from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 002-01-002:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Equisetum praealtum
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Equisetum hyemale ssp. affine
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 002-01-002:
Equisetum hyemale var. affine
FAMILY
Equisetaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Riverbanks, alluvial floodplains, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like
in whorls that are fused at the base into a sheath
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p252
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p158
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p199
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p122
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p344