| Class: | ferns |
| Order: | Equisetales |
| Family: | Equisetaceae |
| Genus: | Equisetum |
| Scientific name: | Equisetum scirpoides Michx. |
| Name acc. to: | Gubanov 1996 |
| Herbar: | list records   |
| Description: | Stems perennial,caespitose, 10-25 cm high, very thin, 0.5- 0.75 mm in diameter, few branches, forming tufts. Stems with only 3 ribs, without central cavity, sexangular. Stem vaginae with 3 teeth. Sporiferous spikes oval, acute. |
| Confuse with: | E. variegatum Schleich. ex Web. et Mohr |
| Tax. Comments: | We only have seen a very small, not typical specimen. |
| Comments: | The smallest species of the genus. Distinguished by its low, slender, less branched stems and its small size. |
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| Habitat: | Moss bogs, bogged forests and river banks (Grubov 2001). |
| Flower (i)reproductive portion of the plant, consisting of sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils | |
| Ovary position: (i)For entirely or partly fused carpels, describe their position in relation to the insertion point of perianth leaves (best done by doing a longitudinal section of a flower). | absent (i)Without ovary: male flowers  inherited by order Equisetales: absent
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| Root / shoot below ground (i)plant part below ground (in most cases), including below ground shoots, without leaves | |
| Root type: (i)Organisation of the roots. | homorhizous (i)Many equal roots
example: Monocotyledonae inherited by vasc. plants: homorhizous
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| Distribution (i)region where the plant is likely to be found | |
| Distribution (Veg. Zones): (i)acc. to Grubov 1952 | Khubsgul (i)In distribution data often named as '1' 
Khentei (i)In distribution data often named as '2' 
Khangai (i)In distribution data often named as '3' 
Mongol-Daurian (i)In distribution data often named as '4' 
Khobdo (i)In distribution data often named as '6' 
acc. to: Gubanov 1996 |
| Distribution Khangay: (i)acc. Flora Khangaya 1989 | I
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