Native to: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon. Carl Linnaeus, 1753 EQUISETACEAE Asia, Europe, North America - se below... Rich Max Medium 2 Centimetres 60-100 Centimetres Green Cones Seeds/Cuttings Field Horsetail, Common Horsetail, Bottlebrush, Foxtail, Horse Pipes, Pipe Weed, Jointed Rush, Cat's Tail, Mare's Tail, Pinetop, Pine Grass, Snake Grass, Shave Grass, Paddy's Pipe, Corn Horsetail, Toadpipe, Prêle des Champs, Akerschachtelhalm, Cola de Caballo See below...
This member of the Equisetaceae family was described by Carl von Linnaeus in 1753. It is found from Asia over Europe to Northern America, growing in rich soil with lots of water and some sun. The stems can grow to 60 or even 100 centimetres, the tubers, formed on the rhizomes up to two centimetres in diameter. The cones are green.
The name Equisetum from Latin, equus; horse, and seta; bristle; animal hair.
The species name arvense from Latin, arvum; field, cultivated land. I have to admit it is a bit tiny to be called a caudex, but it is here as part of the Taxonomy Collection, and there are tiny root-bulbs.... Allostelites arvensis (L.) Börner Equisetum alpestre (Wahlenb.) Landolt Equisetum arvense f. alpestre (Wahlenb.) Döll Equisetum arvense var. alpestre Wahlenb. Equisetum arvense subsp. arcticum Rupr. Equisetum arvense f. arcticum (Rupr.) M.Broun Equisetum arvense f. atratidens Lepage Equisetum arvense subsp. boreale (Bong.) Tolm. Equisetum arvense subsp. boreale (Bong.) Rupr. Equisetum arvense f. caespitosum J.Rousseau Equisetum arvense var. campestre (Schultz) Milde Equisetum arvense var. decumbens Döll Equisetum arvense f. decumbens W.D.J.Koch Equisetum arvense subvar. decumbens G.Mey. Equisetum arvense f. diffusum (A.A.Eaton) Clute Equisetum arvense var. diffusum A.A.Eaton Equisetum arvense var. frondescens Döll Equisetum arvense var. granulatum G.Lawson Equisetum arvense f. microstachyum A.A.Eaton Equisetum arvense f. nanum (A.Braun ex Döll) M.Broun Equisetum arvense var. nanum A.Braun ex Döll Equisetum arvense f. nemorosum A.Braun ex Döll Equisetum arvense var. nemorosum (A.Braun ex Döll) A.Braun & Engelm. Equisetum arvense var. nudum Milde ex Farw. Equisetum arvense var. polystachyon A.A.Eaton Equisetum arvense f. polystachyon (A.A.Eaton) M.Broun Equisetum arvense f. proliferum (Luerss.) M.Broun Equisetum arvense var. proliferum (Luerss.) Farw. Equisetum arvense monstr. proliferum Luerss. Equisetum arvense f. pseudoalpestre Vict. Equisetum arvense f. pseudonemorosum B.Boivin Equisetum arvense f. pseudovarium Vict. Equisetum arvense f. ramulosum (Rupr.) Klinge ex Scoggan Equisetum arvense subsp. ramulosum (Rupr.) W.F.Rapp Equisetum arvense var. ramulosum Rupr. Equisetum arvense var. riparium (Fr.) Milde Equisetum arvense var. triangulare Waters Equisetum boreale Bong. Equisetum calderi B.Boivin Equisetum riparium Fr.