E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Equisetum hyemale L.
Tall Scouring-rush (scouring-rush; scouringrush horsetail)
Equisetaceae (Horsetail family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Perennial evergreen herbs from a thick, blackish rhizome.

Stems:
30-120 cm tall, 4-6 mm thick, dark green, their cental cavity more than 2/3 the stem diameter, not branched, the sheaths with 14-50 teeth that fall off leaving only darker traces.

Cones:
8-15 mm long, the tip tapered to a black-tinged point.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecological Framework for Equisetum hyemale

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information	Value / Class
Site Information	Avg	Min	Max
Elevation (metres)	721	1	2305
Slope Gradient (%)	4	0	80
Aspect (degrees) [0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]	161	0	360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric]	5	1	8
Modal Nutrient Regime Class	D
# of field plots species was recorded in:	362
Modal BEC Zone Class	IDF
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in	BAFA(5), BG(27), BWBS(33), CDF(13), CWH(44), ESSF(18), ICH(34), IDF(79), MS(24), PP(33), SBPS(8), SBS(16), SWB(8)
Source: Klinkenberg 2013

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S5	Yellow	Not Listed

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