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Equisetum Arvense

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Equisetum arvense, commonly called field horsetail or common horsetail, is a nonflowering vascular plant in the horsetail family Equisetaceae, related to ferns, found across the arctic and temperate Northern Hemisphere from 83 degrees north in North America south to Texas, India, and Iran, in damp woodlands, pastures, and disturbed ground. It grows two distinct kinds of stems from the same rhizome: unbranched fertile stems that appear in April bearing spore cones before withering, and green sterile stems that persist through summer, growing 10 to 90 centimeters tall with jointed segments and whorled side branches. It absorbs silicon unusually well for a herbaceous plant and has an unusually high chromosome count of 216, or 108 pairs.

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Equisetum arvense

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Source Wikipedia: Equisetum Arvense

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Equisetum Arvense

Wikipedia

lead sentence (diet), EntityId 341126
Equisetum arvense, commonly known as field horsetail or common horsetail, is a species of vascular plant in the horsetail family Equisetaceae.
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 341126
It was introduced into New Zealand in the 1920s where it was identified as an invasive species by Ella Orr Campbell in 1949.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: River, Distribution and habitat
It commonly occurs in damp and open woodlands, pastures, arable lands, roadsides, disturbed areas, and near the edge of streams.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Equisetum arvense (Wikidata)

WikidataStatements section, conservation status (P141)

Quote, Statements section, conservation status (P141)

Wikidata Q107592: least concern (P141).

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Equisetum arvense

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Plantae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

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"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Plants","language":"EN"},{"name":"Flora","language":"EN"}],"cites_listings":[]

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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Equisetum arvense

GBIF Backbone TaxonomyChild Taxon Of: Polypodiopsida, Taxon record

Quote, Child Taxon Of: Polypodiopsida, Taxon record

"class": "Polypodiopsida"

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