Equisetaceae
Marsh horsetail
Equisetum palustre
- Family
- Equisetaceae
- Genus
- Equisetum
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- كنباث مستنقعي
- Armenian
- Ձիաձետ ճահճային
- arz
- كنباث مستنقعى
- Azerbaijani
- Bataqlıq qatırquyruğu
- Belarusian
- Хвошч балотны
- Bulgarian
- Блатен хвощ
- Chinese
- 犬問荆, 犬问荆, 骨节草
- csb
- Błotnô chòszczka
- Czech
- Přeslička bahenní
- Danish
- Kær-Padderok
- Dutch
- Lidrus
- English
- Marsh horsetail
- Estonian
- Soo-osi
- Finnish
- Suokorte
- French
- Prêle des marais, Prele des marais
- frr
- Küduad
- German
- Sumpf-Schachtelhalm, Sumpfschachtelhalm, Duwock
- Hungarian
- Mocsári zsurló
- Icelandic
- Mýrelfting
- Indonesian
- Paku ekor kuda rawa
- Irish
- Scuab eich chorraigh
- Japanese
- イヌスギナ
- Latvian
- Purva kosa
- Lithuanian
- Gegužinis asiūklis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Myrsnelle
- os
- Цъыфдзасты назгæрдæг
- Persian
- دم اسب باتلاقی
- Polish
- Skrzyp błotny
- Romanian
- Barba ursului de bahne
- Russian
- Хвощ болотный
- Serbian
- Žablji rastavić, Жабљи раставић, Жабља преслица, Мочварна преслица, Преслица жабља, Преслица мочварна, Раставић жабљи
- Serbian (Latin)
- Žablji rastavić
- Slovak
- Praslička močiarna
- Slovenian
- Močvirska preslica
- Swedish
- Kärrfräken
- Ukrainian
- Хвощ болотний
- vep
- Korteh
- Welsh
- Marchrawnen y gors
Synonyms
- Equisetum aquatile Scheller
- Equisetum arenarium Opiz
- Equisetum hybridum Huter
- Equisetum nodosum Hoppe
- Equisetum palustre f. arcuatum (Milde) Asch.
- Equisetum palustre f. fluitans Vict.
- Equisetum palustre f. luxurians Vict.
- Equisetum palustre f. microstachyum (Schur) Kaulf.
- Equisetum palustre f. nigridens (H.St.John) Vict.
- Equisetum palustre f. nudum Asch.
- Equisetum palustre f. nudum (Duby) E.Baumann
- Equisetum palustre f. palustre
- Equisetum palustre f. prostratum (Hoppe) Asch.
- Equisetum palustre f. ramosissimum (M.Peck) M.Broun
- Equisetum palustre f. simplex (Rupr.) Milde
- Equisetum palustre f. tenue (Döll) M.Broun
- Equisetum palustre f. tenue (Döll) E.Baumann
- Equisetum palustre f. verticillatum Milde
- Equisetum palustre f. wachteri Ooststr.
- Equisetum palustre subf. compositum (Kaulf.) Münderl.
- Equisetum palustre subf. giganteum Münderl.
- Equisetum palustre subf. pauciramosum (Bolle) Murr
- Equisetum palustre subvar. apiculatum Coss. & Germ.
- Equisetum palustre var. alpinum Hook.f.
- Equisetum palustre var. americanum Vict.
- Equisetum palustre var. aphyllum Lej.
- Equisetum palustre var. apiculatum (Coss. & Germ.) Rouy
- Equisetum palustre var. arcuatum Milde
- Equisetum palustre var. collinum-tenerrimum Schur
- Equisetum palustre var. japonicum Nakai
- Equisetum palustre var. leptostachyum Hampe
- Equisetum palustre var. leptostachyum Wallr.
- Equisetum palustre var. membranaceum Lej.
- Equisetum palustre var. microstachyum Schur
- Equisetum palustre var. monostachyon Borckh.
- Equisetum palustre var. nanum Milde
- Equisetum palustre var. nigridens H.St.John
- Equisetum palustre var. nudum Opiz
- Equisetum palustre var. nudum Duby
- Equisetum palustre var. paludosum Schur
and 18 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:29, 12 August 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: chrisp_5, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.