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Equisetaceae
Common horsetail
Equisetum arvense
Also known as Equisetum arvense var. fagetinum, Equisetum arvense var. decumbens, Equisetum arvense f. agreste, Equisetum arvense var. intermedium
Native Plants · Primitive Plant · Wet Soil · Bog Garden · Spreading · Hardy · Ancient · Rhizomes · Moisture Loving
Common horsetail is an ancient, primitive plant that thrives in moist to wet conditions and can tolerate various light levels. This hardy perennial spreads aggressively through rhizomes and can become invasive if not contained. Best suited for bog gardens, pond edges, or contained plantings where its spreading nature is desired.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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