Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.

Great Horsetail

Equisetaceae

Traits


    Slightly toxic, 50–200 cm tall. plants: generative and vegetative shoots differing in habit, sporiferous shoots developing at first, initially pale to brownish. strobili: terminal, solitary. sporangia: in small clusters, on the lower surface of the peltate sporophyll...

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Distribution

Distribution in Europe


Equisetum telmateia

Legend

The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.

Distribution in Germany

Equisetum telmateia

Legend

Natural, established occurences
Artificial occurences

The color intensity reflects the species' abundance

Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)

Ecology

Equisetum telmateia

Equisetum telmateia

Status

  • native

Habitat

  • riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, forests, shrubbery, bogs, sedge-lands

  • in alkaline, moist to wet habitats

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