Class: | ferns |
Order: | Equisetales |
Family: | Equisetaceae |
Genus: | Equisetum |
Scientific name: | Equisetum hyemale L. |
Name acc. to: | Gubanov 1996, not in Grubov 1982/2001 |
Herbar: | list records |
Description: | Terrestrial plant. Stem wintering in green state, 20-80(100) cm tall, 3-10 mm in diam., with numerous obtuse ribs, unbranched or with few branches. Never flattening on drying. Sporiferous spikes about 1 cm long. |
open map in a new window | ![taxon distribution for Equisetum hyemale acc. to Geobotanical Regions of Mongolia by Grubov (1955) taxon distribution for Equisetum hyemale acc. to Geobotanical Regions of Mongolia by Grubov (1955)](https://floragreif.uni-greifswald.de/floragreif-content/Maps/g03g04.png) |
Habitat: | Coniferous and sometimes birch forests, scrubs, banks of rivers, ravines and irrigation ditches (Plants of Central Asia, Vol. 6, 2002). |
Habit (i)general appearance of a plant | |
Growth form: (i)Herb, shrub, tree or climber. | herb (i)Herbaceous, erect plant, up to 2m high, mostly with a leafy shoot; if perennial, shoots die to the ground each season, shoots are not woody example: Artemisia pectinata ![](https://floragreif.uni-greifswald.de/wp-content/uploads/images/1368512557_terestial-herb2_t.jpg) perennial (i)Living for several to many years, as opposed to annual and biennial
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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 | Khangai (i)In distribution data often named as '3' ![](https://floragreif.uni-greifswald.de/wp-content/uploads/images/1369639086_g03_t_t.jpg) Mongol-Daurian (i)In distribution data often named as '4' ![](https://floragreif.uni-greifswald.de/wp-content/uploads/images/1369639096_g04_t_t.jpg) acc. to: Gubanov 1996 |