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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Ferns
  5. Horsetails
  6. Horsetail Family
  7. Horsetails
  8. Horsetail

subgenus

Horsetail

Hippochaete

Includes
4 native 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Children

  • Rough Horsetail native
  • Branched Horsetail present
  • Dwarf Horsetail native
  • Smooth Horsetail native
  • Variegated Horsetail native
  • Southern Giant Horsetail present
  • Mexican Giant Horsetail present
  • Ferriss' Horsetail native
  • Mackay's Horsetail
  • MacKay's Horsetail
  • Nelson's Horsetail native
  • Schaffner's Horsetail

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native horsetail All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Rough Horsetail Equisetum hyemale food 16
  • Variegated Horsetail Equisetum variegatum food 16
  • Dwarf Horsetail Equisetum scirpoides food 10
  • Smooth Horsetail Equisetum laevigatum food 9 flowers 1

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