Equisetaceae
River horsetail
Equisetum fluviatile
Also known as Equisetum maximum, Equisetum limosum f. linnaeanum, Equisetum limosum f. virgatum, Presla limosa
Native Plants · Horsetail · Aquatic · Prehistoric · Water Garden · Bog Plant · Medicinal · Rhizomatous · Architectural
This ancient plant thrives in consistently wet conditions along pond edges, streams, or boggy areas. The distinctive jointed stems spread via underground rhizomes and require little care beyond maintaining adequate moisture. Best suited for water gardens or naturally wet areas of the landscape.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Requires constant moisture, can tolerate standing water · Keep consistently moist
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–6
- 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 · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark
Sources: trefle, usda
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