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(First upload on October 29 2012. Last on March 25 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Equisetum fluviatile L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Equisetaceae Michx. ex DC (トクサ)
Mizudokusa (ミズドクサ, 水木賊/水砥草), water horsetail/swamp horsetail
Mizusugina (ミズスギナ, 水杉菜)
Lifeform: perennial summergreen fern < 150 cm high ↔ E. hyemale = evergreen

Stems are collasped when we touch even gently (comments from Sato)

Distribution: the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including northern Japan
Habitat: dense colonies in shallow water

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Branch: diverse length, i.e., none - short - long
Stem: smooth surface
Chromosome number: n = 108 (Sorsa 1963)
Synonyms:

Equisetum limosum L. (common scientific name in Japan)
Equisetum limosum L. f. verticillatum (Doell.) Nakai
Equisetum fluviatile L. var. limosum (L.) Gilbert (also discarded the other varieties)

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Equisetum fluviatile in Hokkaido and Alaska


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[1/2] Hokkaido. [1] in Abira wetland, central Hokkaido, on July 16 2012. [2] in Onneto Lake, eastern Hokkaido, on June 25 2013. [3] near Akanuma (Red Pond), Kushiro Moor, eastern Hokkaido, on June 28 2015. [4] Alaska. at a artificial pond that was established for gold mining, near Poker Flat Research Range, on August 18 2013. [5] in Sandaohu peatland, Jilin Province, northeastern China, on June 11 2017. [6] at a ditch on the bottom of Tomamu skislope, Shimukappu Village, central Hokkaido, on July 20 2012.

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