Common name
English: Field Horsetail
German: Acker-Schachtelhalm
Portuguese: Cavalinha
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Equisetophyta (2)
Class: Equisetopsida (2)
Order: Equisetales (2)
Family: Equisetaceae (2)
Genus: Equisetum (2)
Epithet: arvense L. (4)
Synonym: Equisetum calderi Boivin
arvense => growing in fields
calderi => in honor of James Alexander Calder (1915–1990), Canadian botanist
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
External links
Check for Equisetum arvense at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [428] Equisetum arvense - Pteridophytes of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- [540] Equisetum arvense - Plants For A Future database