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Your search found 2 taxa in the family Equisetaceae, Horsetail family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Field Horsetail, Bottlebrush Horsetail
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Equisetum arvense FAMILY: Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Equisetum arvense FAMILY: Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Equisetum arvense 002-01-001 FAMILY: Equisetaceae
Habitat: Moist streambanks, bottomlands, moist disturbed sites, road banks, railroad banks
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tall Scouring-rush, River Scouring-rush
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Equisetum praealtum FAMILY: Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Equisetum hyemale var. affine FAMILY: Equisetaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Equisetum hyemale var. affine 002-01-002 FAMILY: Equisetaceae
Habitat: Riverbanks, alluvial floodplains
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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