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Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun
smooth horsetail

       
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Photo of Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

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Synonyms:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

  EQFU2 Equisetum funstonii A.A. Eaton
  EQKA2 Equisetum kansanum Schaffn.
  EQLAF Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun ssp. funstonii (A.A. Eaton) Hartm.
  HILA5 Hippochaete laevigata (A. Braun) Farw.
 

Distribution:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

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USA (AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

View 1 genera in Equisetaceae, 18 species in Equisetum
 

Classification:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division Equisetophyta – Horsetails
Class Equisetopsida
Order Equisetales
Family Equisetaceae – Horsetail family
Genus Equisetum L. – horsetail
Species Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun – smooth horsetail
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New York:
smooth scouring rush              Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

smooth horsetail
smooth scouringrush

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW FACW FAC FACW FAC FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW FACW NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17156.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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