marsh horsetail

Equisetum palustre

Summary 7

Equisetum palustre, the marsh horsetail or the Humpback, is a plant species belonging to the division of horsetails (Equisetopsida).

Range description 8

This species is extremely widely distributed, occurring throughout much of the boreal and temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, from Europe east through the Middle East, the Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia to Kamchatka, Primorskye and Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, China and Japan and over to North America (Canada and USA). It occurs more or less throughout Europe. It is found growing from sea level up to 2,000 m asl.

Description 9

Aerial stems monomorphic, green, branched or unbranched, 20--80 cm; hollow center small, to 1/3 stem diam.; vallecular canals nearly as large. Sheaths elongate, 4--9 × 2--5 mm; teeth dark, 5--10, narrow, 2--5 mm, margins white, scarious. Branches when present only from midstem nodes, spreading, hollow; ridges 4--6; valleys rounded; 1st internode of each branch shorter than subtending stem sheath; sheath teeth narrow. 2 n =216.

Synonym 10

Equisetum palustre var. americanum Victorin

Habitat and ecology 11

Habitat and Ecology

E. palustre typically occurs in permanently wet, usually fairly base-rich pastures and meadows, wet woodlands, marshland, dune slacks and fens, as well as the margins of ditches, streams and rivers.

Systems
  • Terrestrial
  • Freshwater

Iucn red list assessment 12


Red List Category
LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version
3.1

Year Assessed
2014

Assessor/s
Akhani, H., Zehzad, B. & Brummitt, N.

Reviewer/s
Lansdown, R.V.

Contributor/s
Harker, R.

Justification
This species is assessed as Least Concern as it is extremely widespread with locally common and stable subpopulations and does not face any major threats.

National nature serve conservation status 13

Canada
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Threats 14

Major Threats

There are no known past, ongoing or future threats to this species.

Fontes e Créditos

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