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§1 Plant

Equisetum hyemale L. var. affine (Engelm.) A.A. Eaton

vernacular scouringrush horsetail — variety · Equisetaceae

USDA
EQHYA
GBIF
8197409 syn.
Rank
variety
scouringrush horsetail (Equisetum hyemale var. affine)
Platephotograph · Ihor OlshanskyiCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Horsetail
Family
Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC.
Genus
Equisetum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 9 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 9 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 9 counties across 2 states/territories.

Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/EQHYA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8197409 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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