Field horsetail
Equisetum arvense
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Equisetum arvense
- Group
- Fern
- Order
- Equisetales
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Continent
- Europe, Asia, North America
- Habitat
- Meadow, Fields
- Form
- Herb
- Leaves
- Leafless
- Flower colour
- No flowers
- Blooms in
- Never blooms
- Use
- Medicine
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Relatives of horsetails grew as tall trees in forests more than 300 million years ago.
- Its stems are hardened with silica, which made horsetails handy for scouring pots.
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- Common polypody
Polypodium vulgare
- Male fern
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q107592 · All plants · All entries