PLANTS Profile for Equisetum scirpoides (dwarf scouringrush)

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PLANTS Profile

Equisetum scirpoides Michx.
dwarf scouringrush

Symbol:

EQSC

Group:

Horsetail

Family:

Equisetaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 42. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

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Distribution:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CT, IA, ID, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NY, SD, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

View 1 genera in Equisetaceae, 18 species in Equisetum

Classification:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

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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 scirpoides Michx. – dwarf scouringrush

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

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.

Connecticut:
dwarf scouring rush		Endangered
Illinois:
dwarf scouring rush		Endangered
Massachusetts:
dwarf scouring-rush		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

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

FACU,FAC+

FAC

FAC+

FAC

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 17151.

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.

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 10:33 AM MDT