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Accession Data:

Equisetum hyemale L.

  • subg. Hippochaete

  • Common Name: Common Scouring Rush
  • Family: Equisetaceae Rich. ex DC

  • Country of Origin: eastern North America
  • Habitat: damp marshy areas

  • USDA Zone: 3-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900012
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 05-13-1999
  • Bench: 2316 - Equisetum
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 09-10-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Equisetopsidae
  • Order: Equisetales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Equisetaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • Dye Plants
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Denmark / Føroyar / Finland / Great Britain / Iceland / Ireland / Norway / Sweden / Austria / Belgium / Czechoslovakia / Germany / Hungary / Netherlands / Poland / France / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Romania / Yugoslavia / Belarus / Baltic States / Central European Russia / East European Russia / North European Russia / South European Russia / Northwest European Russia / Ukraine / Altay / West Siberia / Yakutskiya / Amur / Khabarovsk / Primorye / Kazakhstan / Kirgizistan / Tadzhikistan / North Caucasus / Transcaucasus / Turkey / Inner Mongolia / Manchuria / China North-Central / Qinghai / Xinjiang / Japan / Korea / Alaska / Northwest Territories / Yukon / Alberta / British Columbia / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / New Brunswick / Newfoundland / Nova Scotia / Ontario / Prince Edward I. / Québec / Colorado / Idaho / Montana / Oregon / Washington / Wyoming / Illinois / Iowa / Kansas / Minnesota / Missouri / Nebraska / North Dakota / Oklahoma / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / India / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / Arizona / California / Nevada / Utah / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / District of Columbia / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexican Pacific Is. / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / El Salvador / Guatemala

References (external):

  1. Equisetum hyemale at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 23, 2016.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.
  3. Equisetum hyemale at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

data regenerated on Sat, 25 Jan 2025 09:57:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Equisetaceae

  • Equisetum bogotense
  • Equisetum bogotense W/C
  • Equisetum bogotense
  • Equisetum bogotense W/C
  • Equisetum diffusum
  • Equisetum x font-queri W/C
  • Equisetum giganteum W/C
  • Equisetum hyemale
  • Equisetum laevigatum
  • Equisetum x moorei W/C
  • Equisetum myriochaetum
  • Equisetum pratense W/C
  • Equisetum ramosissimum
  • Equisetum scirpoides
  • Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii W/C
  • Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii W/C
  • Equisetum telmateia ssp. telmateia
  • Equisetum variegatum 'Large Form'
  • Equisetum variegatum W/C
  • Equisetum variegatum ssp. alaskanum
  • Equisetum variegatum var. majus W/C
  • Equisetum variegatum var. wilsoni W/C
  • Equisetum xylochaetum W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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