Oregon Flora Image Project
Equisetum arvense L. common horsetail - native
Equisetaceae

Click on an image for a larger version. All images © Gerald D. Carr unless otherwise noted.

Bog at head of Quartzville Cr., S side of NFD Rd. 11, 9.7 mi. W of jct. with Hwy 22, 4080 ft. elev., N44.57447, W122.12259, Linn Co., OR, 6/7/2010 Bog at head of Quartzville Cr., S side of NFD Rd. 11, 9.7 mi. W of jct. with Hwy 22, 4080 ft. elev., N44.57447, W122.12259, Linn Co., OR, 6/7/2010 Bog at head of Quartzville Cr., S side of NFD Rd. 11, 9.7 mi. W of jct. with Hwy 22, 4080 ft. elev., N44.57447, W122.12259, Linn Co., OR, 6/7/2010
Bog at head of Quartzville Cr., S side of NFD Rd. 11, 9.7 mi. W of jct. with Hwy 22, 4080 ft. elev., N44.57447, W122.12259, Linn Co., OR, 6/7/2010 Bog at head of Quartzville Cr., S side of NFD Rd. 11, 9.7 mi. W of jct. with Hwy 22, 4080 ft. elev., N44.57447, W122.12259, Linn Co., OR, 6/7/2010 Bog at head of Quartzville Cr., S side of NFD Rd. 11, 9.7 mi. W of jct. with Hwy 22, 4080 ft. elev., N44.57447, W122.12259, Linn Co., OR, 6/7/2010 Along Sherman Creek, off Hwy 20, 13 mi. W of Kettle Falls, 2440 ft. elev., Ferry Co., WASHINGTON, 5/17/2010, (© Robert L. Carr) Along Sherman Creek, off Hwy 20, near the jct of the N & S Forks, W of Kettle Falls, 2460 ft. elev., Ferry Co., WASHINGTON, 8/27/2010 (© Robert L. Carr)

This species normally produces spore-bearing cones on unbranched, ephemeral, non-green shoots in early spring but as seen in the images below right, an occasional highly branched green "summer" shoot may produce a terminal cone.

NFD Rd. 25, ca. 18 mi. S of Randle, Skamania Co., WASHINGTON, 8/5/1996 NFD Rd. 25, ca. 18 mi. S of Randle, Skamania Co., WASHINGTON, 8/5/1996 NFD Rd. 25, ca. 18 mi. S of Randle, Skamania Co., WASHINGTON, 8/5/1996 NFD Rd. 25, ca. 18 mi. S of Randle, Skamania Co., WASHINGTON, 8/5/1996

 


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