© John Wilde
Map updated: March 2008
| Species Description: |
| This horsetail is very common in ponds, lakes, ditches, fens and other aquatic situations. It stands about one or two feet tall (sometimes more) and grows vertically up from a horizontal rhizome (creeping stem) which is buried in the mud below the water. It can be either completely unbranched, or have regular whorls of short branches. There is a large central hollow down the centre of the shoots. Blackish cones are produced at the tips of the shoots. |
| All names: Equisetum fluviatile L.; Equisetum limosum L. |
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