Equisetum hyemale
Common Scouring Rush, Dutch Rush
Other regional names: Great Scouring Rush +5 more
- Great Scouring Rush
- Horsetail
- Rough Horsetail
- Scouring Horsetail
- Scouring Rush
- Scouringrush
Also known as: Equisetum alpinum Schur +14 more
- Equisetum alpinum Schur
- Equisetum asperrimum Gilib.
- Equisetum fusco-zonatum Schur
- Equisetum hiemale f. minus (A.Braun ex Milde) Luerss.
- Equisetum hiemale var. brevivaginatum Rosend.
- Equisetum hiemale var. minus A.Braun ex Milde
- Equisetum hiemale var. rabenhorstii Milde
- Equisetum hiemale var. ramigerum A.Braun ex Milde
- Equisetum hiemale var. subramosum A.Braun
- Equisetum hiemale var. uliginosum Borckh.
- Equisetum hiemale var. vulgare (Döll) Milde
- Equisetum hyemale f. attenuatum Milde
- Equisetum hyemale f. doellii Luerss.
- Equisetum hyemale f. hondae (Satou) Nakaike
- Equisetum hyemale f. paleaceum (Schleich. ex A.Braun & Engelm.) Asch.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Equisetaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a rhizomatous geophyte.
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Equisetum hyemale (commonly known as Common Scouring Rush or Dutch Rush) is a fern within the Equisetaceae family. It is found natively in Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, and North America. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, Northern Europe, Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Asia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizistan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Tasmania