Plant types and subtypes: Grasses, Perennials
Light Requirements: sun, part-sun, part-shade
Water Use: high
Soil Moisture: moist, wet
Soil Description: average, clay, sand
Height: 2'-4'
Leaf Color: green
Hardiness Zone: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Additional Tags: bog plant, colonizing, deer resistant, emergent, naturalizing, ornamental foliage, pond margin plant, stream margin plant, wetland plant
Pricing & Availability
Description
Equisetum hyemale
Also known as:scouringrush horsetail
,Native Range & Classification
Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
Native Range:
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
Classification
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| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants | |
| Superdivision | Seed plants | ||
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| Genus | Equisetum | ||
| Species | Equisetum hyemale | scouringrush horsetail |