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Water Horsetail

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Water Horsetail (Equisetum fluviatile), also called swamp horsetail, is a perennial herbaceous horsetail in the family Equisetaceae that reproduces using spores rather than seeds.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Relationship to People

Eaten or Drunk by People 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 5

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 6

Scientific Name

Equisetum fluviatile 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 7

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Equisetum fluviatile (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Plants For A Future: Equisetum fluviatile

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Sources

1. Equisetum fluviatile (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to

Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to

Equisetum fluviatile, the water horsetail or swamp horsetail, is a vascular plant in the horsetail family Equisetaceae.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Plants For A Future: Equisetum fluviatile

Plants For A Future

Edible Uses
Strobil (the fertile shoots in spring) - cooked[2, 4, 85].
Medicinal Uses
The barren stems are used, they are most active when fresh but can also be dried and sometimes the ashes of the plant are used[4].
In Biome: Lake, Habitats
Shallow water in lakes, ponds and ditches

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4. Equisetum fluviatile (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q948839 (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. NatureServe Explorer: Equisetum fluviatile

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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6. 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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7. Water 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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