| Plants : Equisetaceae | Ferns and Flowering Plants |
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| Equisetum palustre |
Description: As its name suggests, the marsh horsetail occurs commonly in marshy situations such as fens and lake-sides. It somewhat resembles common horsetail (Equisetum arvense), but has fewer grooves to the stems, and it does not produce its cones on separate special cone-bearing shoots.
All names: Equisetum palustre L.
Distribution Map from NBN: Equisetum palustre at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.
iNaturalist: Equisetum palustre at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.
| Hackney, P., 2026. Equisetum palustre. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland. https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2018. Accessed on 2026-11-02. |