The Vascular Plants of Iowa

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Group Name:
Pteridophytes
Family Name:
Equisetaceae
Genus:
Equisetum L. L.
Genus Common Name:
Scouring-rushes; Horsetails
Species:
Equisetum scirpoides Michx.
Species Common Name:
Dwarf scouring-rush
Habitat:
Moist talus slopes in woodland openings
Abundance and Distribution:
Rare northeast and east central: Allamakee County, Clayton County, Delaware County, Dubuque county, Jackson county and Winneshiek county
Origin:
Native
Iowa and Its Flora:
More information about plants of Paleozoic Plateau: Algific Talus Slope Plants
Link to this record:
http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/vpi/DetailsPage.aspx?species_id=SPEd1e414