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Equisetum sylvaticum

Family:Equisetaceae
Species:Equisetum sylvaticum L.
Common Name:wood horsetail
Habitat:Swamps, wet forests, banks of small streams, rich fens, and seepages. Usually an understory plant in slightly open swamps growing both on hummocks and in hollows. It prefers sites with calcareous or somewhat rich soils but is not completely limited to these conditions.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Fern
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NCNE), FACW (EMP), S5 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank), CoC: 7
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

SupraordinalFerns
Order Equisetales
FamilyEquisetaceae
Genus Equisetum
SpeciesEquisetum sylvaticum L. - wood horsetail

Citation

Citation Equisetum sylvaticum L.
Basionym: **
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

CountyYearHerbariaNotesSubmission Info
Albany1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Albany  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Albany1989 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Broome  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Broome1953 BH
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
Werier (2017) voucher!; S.J. Smith & E.C. Ogden 13552 3/6/2018 - David Werier
Broome2006 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome2005 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome  BING
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome1962 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Broome1964 BING
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  1/18/2020 - BING (Julian Shepherd)
Cattaraugus  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Cayuga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Chautauqua1993 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Chautauqua1994 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Chemung  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Chemung1879 BKL – BKL00029498
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Chenango1995 SUCO – 002339
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  11/25/2023 - Connie Tedesco
Clinton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Columbia  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Cortland  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Delaware  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Erie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Essex  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Franklin1988 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Franklin  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Fulton2007 NYS – 19
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  12/22/2009 - Donna Vogler
Fulton2007 FMCC – 19
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  12/22/2009 - Donna Vogler
Fulton1899 BKL – BKL00029488
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Genesee  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Greene1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Greene1991 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Greene1932 BKL – BKL00029482
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Hamilton  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Herkimer1904 BKL – BKL00029486
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Jefferson  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Lewis  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Livingston  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Monroe  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Montgomery2005 SUCO
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
Town of Florida  
Montgomery2006 SUCO
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
Town of Root  
Oneida  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Onondaga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Onondaga1942 RCFS – accession # 11245
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  11/17/2009 - RCFS (Andy Nelson)
Ontario  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Orange1993 BKL – BKL00029481
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Orange1992 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Orange1990 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Oswego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Otsego2005 SUCO
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
Town of Middlefield  
Otsego  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Rensselaer1997 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Rensselaer  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Rensselaer1864 BKL – BKL00027434
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Rockland  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Rockland2001 BKL – BKL00019336
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Saratoga2016 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
29 Jun 2016, J. Donnelly s.n. 5/4/2022 - Steve Young
Schenectady1923 BKL – BKL00029489
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Schenectady  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Schoharie  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
St. Lawrence  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
St. Lawrence1914 BKL – BKL00029487
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
St. Lawrence1991 ESF
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
  Anne Johnson
St. Lawrence2004 BH
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
  Anne Johnson
Steuben  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Suffolk1928 BKL – BKL00027445
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Suffolk  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Sullivan  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Tioga  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Tioga1899 BKL – BKL00029485
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Tompkins1899 BKL – BKL00029426
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Tompkins  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Ulster1997 NYS
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Ulster  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Warren1896 BKL – BKL00029484
Herbarium Name Used: Equisetum sylvaticum
  2/8/2012 - BKL (Steve Glenn)
Washington  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Westchester  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Westchester1973 OBPF – Log_num: 9827
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   
Yates  NYFA_1990
Herbarium Name Used: none Equisetum sylvaticum
   

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymTypeNotes
Equisetum sylvaticum var. multiramosum Equisetum sylvaticum L. var. multiramosum (Fernald) Wherry   
Equisetum sylvaticum var. pauciramosum Equisetum sylvaticum L. var. pauciramosum Milde