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Wood Horsetail, Equisetum sylvaticum

Wood Horsetail
Equisetum sylvaticum
Scuab eich choille
Family: Equisetaceae

Cones ripen May. Deciduous perennial. Native.

The only horsetail with branched branches.
Sterile stems slightly rough, 10-18 faint ridges. Stem cavity 1/4 to 1/3 of stem diameter. Loose green sheaths with persistent brownish teeth. Fertile stems initially unbranched, branches develop as cones mature. Cones long-stalked, pale pink-green when young.

Most frequent in North, scattered distribution elsewhere in Ireland. Damp woods and streamsides usually in mountainous areas.
Identification confirmed by Paul Green


Wood Horsetail, Equisetum sylvaticum       Wood Horsetail, Equisetum sylvaticum


Wood Horsetail, Equisetum sylvaticum
Wood Horsetail. Ballingeary area, Co.Cork. July 2008

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