Equisetum arvense L.
Detail
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Botanical Name
- Equisetum arvense L.
- Common Name
- Field Horsetail
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Equisetum arvense L.
- Comments
- E. arvense x fluviatile (E. x litorale Kuhlewein ex Rupr.) is reported for VA in FNA
- Habitat
- Floodplain forests, tidal swamps, seepage swamps, calcareous fens and marshes, rocky and sandy scour bars; more frequent in moist to wet, disturbed sites such as ditches, roadsides, and low fields and pastures. Frequent to locally common throughout, except in se. Virginia, where
infrequent and largely restricted to calcareous habitats. - Native Status
- Native
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