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Equisetaceae
Meadow horsetail
Equisetum pratense
Also known as Equisetum arvense f. macrostachyum, Equisetum pratense f. praecox, Equisetum pratense var. nanum, Equisetum pratense f. nanum
Native Plants · Horsetail · Primitive Plant · Fern Ally · Woodland · Moist Soil · Shade Tolerant · Spreading · Equisetum · Bog Garden · Perennial
Meadow horsetail is an ancient, primitive plant that thrives in moist, shaded conditions such as woodland gardens, streambanks, and rain gardens. Keep the soil consistently moist and provide dappled to partial shade for best growth, as it does not tolerate drought or intense direct sun. It spreads by underground rhizomes, so containment is advisable in smaller garden settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; water deeply and do not allow to dry completely · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 4 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland
Sources: trefle, usda
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