Equisetum telmateia Ehrh.
Giant Horsetail (Swamp Willowherb)
Equisetaceae (Horsetail family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Giant Horsetail (Swamp Willowherb)
Equisetaceae (Horsetail family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Equisetum telmateia ssp. braunii
Species Information
General:
Perennial from a felty-hairy, blackish, tuber-bearing rhizome.
Stems:
Sterile stems 15-150 cm tall, 5-20 mm thick, their central cavity more than 2/3 the stem diameter, regularly and abundantly branched, the sheaths with 15-30 teeth, the teeth with dark tips; branches in regular whorls; fertile stems appearing in spring before sterile stems, 10-40 cm tall, pale brown, unbranched, dying when the spores are shed, the sheaths 4-8, pale brown with 20-40 darker teeth.
Cones:
4-8 cm long, hollow, rounded at the tip.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Equisetum telmateia
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)
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 |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
190 | 2 | 1010 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
7 | 0 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
107 | 20 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
6 | 4 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
130 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
CWH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(2), CDF(57), CWH(60), IDF(2), PP(1) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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