Frog Pond Wetland Preserve
Common Horsetail
Common Horsetail
Scientific name:
Equisetum arvense
Family:
Equisetaceae or Horsetail
Plant Height:
up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Moist places & along streams
About:
Horsetails have many branches in whorls at regular intervals up the stem. Common Horsetail is much less robust than Giant Horsetail with 6–10 branches per whorl on the (most common) infertile stems. The fertile stems appear earlier in the spring, dying back before the infertile stems mature.
