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Equisetum variegatum Schleicher ex F. Weber & D. Mohr. Common name: Variegated Scouring-Rush. Phenology: Late Jun-Oct. Habitat: Wet thickets, bogs, shores. Distribution: Circumboreal, south in North America to n. NJ, nw. PA, n. OH, n. IN, c. IL, c. MN, w. SD, NM, AZ, and OR.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = AqW, Can, GrPl, Il, Pa, POWO, Christenhusz et al (2019); > Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr ssp. alaskanum (A.A.Eaton) Hultén — FNA2; > Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr ssp. variegatum — FNA2, NE, NY; > Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr var. alaskanum A.A.Eaton — K4, NS; > Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr var. variegatum — C, K4, NS. Basionym: Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F.Weber & D.Mohr 1807

Links to other floras: > Equisetum variegatum ssp. alaskanum - FNA2; > Equisetum variegatum ssp. variegatum - FNA2

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FACW
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily : 5

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