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Equisetum palustre L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Marsh Horsetail
  • 🇫🇷 Prêle des marais

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Monilophytes
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • Subclass: Equisetidae
  • Order: Equisetales
  • Family: Equisetaceae
  • Genus: Equisetum
  • Subgenus: Equisetum
  • Species: Equisetum palustre

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Diploid (2n = 216).

Hybridizes with:

  • E. fluviatile to produce E. × dycei C.N.Page, 1981, P;
  • E. telmateia Ehrh., 1783 to produce E. × font-queri Rothm., 1944, P.

Photographs

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Equisetum palustre - Strobilus
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Equisetum palustre - Fertile stem
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Equisetum palustre - Sterile stems
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Equisetum palustre - Sheats

Sources

  • Badré, F., & Deschatres, R. (1979). Les Ptéridophytes de la France : liste commentée des espèces (taxinomie, cytologie, écologie et répartition générale). Candollea, 34(2), 379-457. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-880127

  • Christenhusz, M., Lansdown, R.V., Bento Elias, R., Dyer, R., Ivanenko, Y., Rouhan, G., Rumsey, F., & Väre, H. (2017). Equisetum palustre (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/167859/85451475

  • Prelli, R., & Boudrie, M. (2024). Les fougères et plantes alliées d’Europe (2nd ed., p. 106). Biotope.

  • Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 15). Biotope.