Equisetum telmateia

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Equisetaceae

Plants with jointed stems, with distinct nodes. Leaves small, whorled , fused into sheaths ; tips remaining free , toothlike. Sporangia borne on peltate sporophylls aggregated in cones 0.3--10 cm. Spores green (except white in hybrids), all 1 kind. Gametophytes green, terrestrial , unisexual ; male gametophytes smaller than female.

Genus 1, species 15 (11 species in the flora ) : nearly worldwide.[1]

Genus Equisetum

Plants perennial , rhizomatous . Aerial stems annual or perennial. Stems with hollow center and series of small carinal (under the ridges ) and larger vallecular (under the valleys) canals. Leaves in whorls, fused part of length into sheaths . Stem ridges traversing length of internode and continuing into sheaths, terminating in sheath teeth. Branches when present borne at nodes, erupting through base of subtending sheath. Cones terminal on green stems or, in some species, terminating special, reproductive, brown stems, composed of whorls of peltate sporophylls; cone apices rounded or sharply pointed ; sporangia 5--10 per sporophyll, pendent, attached to inner surface of sporophylls, elongate , dehiscing longitudinally. x =108.

Species 15: nearly worldwide.

Equisetum occurs in moist places such as riverbanks, lakeshores, roadsides, ditches, seepage areas, meadows, marshes, and wet woodlands. Aerial stems of Equisetum vary considerably in habit and appearance , even on individual plants, because of environmentally induced modifications affecting height and branching. Many taxonomically trivial varieties and forms have been named. For an extended discussion of this, see R.L. Hauke (1966). [2]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,426 meters (0 to 4,678 feet).[3]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Equisetum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 37 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

E. arvense (Field Horsetail) · E. arvense f. nanum (Field Horsetail) · E. arvense f. nemorosum (Field Horsetail) · E. arvense var. ramulosum (Field Horsetail) · E. dycei (Horsetail) · E. ferrissii (Ferris Horsetail) · E. fluviatile (Water Horsetail) · E. giganteum (Giant Horsetail) · E. hyemale (Common Scouring Rush) · E. hyemale affine (Scouring Rush Horsetail) · E. hyemale f. herbaceum (Common Scouring-Rush) · E. hyemale var. affine (Scouringrush Horsetail) · E. laevigatum (Horsetail) · E. litorale (Litoral Horsetail) · E. mackaii (Mackai's Horsetail) · E. myriochaetum (Cola De Caballo Grande) · E. nelsonii (Nelson's Horsetail) · E. palustre (Marsh Horsetail) · E. pratense (Meadow Horsetail) · E. ramosissimum (Branched Horsetail) · E. scirpoides (Dwarf Horsetail) · E. scirpoides var. striatum (Dwarf Horsetail) · E. sylvaticum (Wood Horsetail) · E. telmateia (Giant Horsetail) · E. telmateia braunii (Giant Horsetail) · E. telmateia Ehrh. var. telmateia Ehrh. (Giant Horsetail) · E. telmateia var. braunii (Giant Horsetail) · E. umbrosum (Northern Pipefish) · E. variegatum (Variegated Horsetail) · E. variegatum alaskanum (Alaskan Scouringrush) · E. variegatum var. alaskanum (Alaskan Scouringrush) · E. variegatum var. variegatum (Variegated Scouring-Rush) · E. variegatum var. variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.M.H.Mohr (Variegated Scouring-Rush) · E. × dycei (Horsetail) · E. x ferrissii (Ferriss Horsetail) · E. x mackaii (Mackai's Horsetail) · E. x nelsonii (Nelson's Horsetail)

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.
• "Equisetum telmateia". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 11, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 40 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien, Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien
• GBIF-Spain, Departamento de Biolog. Veg. II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid: MAF
• Institute of Dendrology PAS, Institute of Dendrology PAS, Flora of Sudety Mountains
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• NLBIF, Limnodata
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• SysTax, Herbarium Universitat Ulm
• SysTax, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Lund Botanical Museum
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-17162
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 4395043
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20007435-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 402582
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 17162
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 20007435
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PPEQU010A0
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: EQTEB
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 37556

Footnotes

1. Richard L.Hauke "Equisetaceae". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Richard L. Hauke "Equisetum". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Mean = 117.980 meters (387.073 feet), Standard Deviation = 163.180 based on 8,016 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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