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Great Horsetail

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Great Horsetail (Equisetum telmateia) is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. It was formerly treated in a broader sense that included a western North American subspecies, now recognized as the separate species Equisetum braunii.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Scientific Name

Equisetum telmateia 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 6

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Equisetum telmateia (Wikidata)

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Source Equisetum telmateia (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Equisetum telmateia (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Equisetum telmateia, the great horsetail, is a species of Equisetum (horsetail) native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa.
In Biome: Fen, Habitat
It is found in damp shady places, spring fens and seepage lines, usually in open woodlands, commonly forming large clonal colonies.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Plants For A Future: Equisetum telmateia

Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses

Quote, Medicinal Uses

A decoction has been used to treat 'stoppage of urine'.

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4. Equisetum telmateia (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q936546 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Horsetail, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q28114 (Horsetail)

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

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

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 45

"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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6. Great Horsetail (Wikipedia)

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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